| Description |
xiii, 342 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-328) and index. |
| Summary |
Whose View of Life? brings the current debates into sharper focus by examining developments in stem cell research, cloning, and embryology in historical and philosophical context and by exploring the legal, social and ethical issues at the heart of what has become a political controversy. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- From the beginning -- Interpreting embryos, understanding life -- Genetics, embryology, and cloning frogs -- Recombinant DNA, IVF, and abortion politics -- From genetics to genomania -- Facts and fantasies of cloning -- Hopes and hypes for stem cells -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Human embryo -- Research -- Political aspects.
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Stem cells -- Research -- Political aspects.
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Human cloning -- Research -- Political aspects.
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| ISBN |
0674011708 |
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