Beginning Life
| AUTHOR | Boleyn-Fitzgerald, Miriam |
| PUBLISHER | Facts on File (03/01/2010) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Medical innovation requires research, and research depends on patients and healthy volunteers willing to assume risks. Considering the ethical decisions medical practitioners must face, Beginning Life takes a close look at several bold medical innovations that have created new lives and saved others. With detailed information on assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, genetic testing and therapy, stem cells and therapeutic cloning, and intensive care techniques for severely premature newborns, this new resource highlights key ethical principles and their application to the everyday practice of medicine.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780816062102
ISBN-10:
0816062102
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
190
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
6.20 x 0.80 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
0.90 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Table of Contents,
Ikids,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology
Science | Fertility & Infertility
Science | General
Dewey Decimal:
618.178
Library of Congress Control Number:
2008040908
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Medical innovation requires research, and research depends on patients and healthy volunteers willing to assume risks. Considering the ethical decisions medical practitioners must face, Beginning Life takes a close look at several bold medical innovations that have created new lives and saved others. With detailed information on assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, genetic testing and therapy, stem cells and therapeutic cloning, and intensive care techniques for severely premature newborns, this new resource highlights key ethical principles and their application to the everyday practice of medicine.
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