Introduction to bioethics /
John Bryant, Linda Baggott la Velle, John Searle.
- x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
Science and society -- Ethics and bioethics -- Humans and the natural world -- Humans and non-human animals -- Biotechnology and bioethics -- Applications of genetic modification -- Human genes and the Human Genome Project -- Genes : the wider issues -- Cloning and stem cells -- The new reproductive technologies -- Embryos, foetuses and abortion : issues of life before birth -- Decisions at the end of life--when may I die and when am I dead? -- A code of ethics for biologists?