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Argues that applied bioethics should embrace utilitarian decision analysis, thus avoiding recommendations expected to do more harm than good. Governments, health professionals, …
The controversial subject of this book is the permissible use of animals by humans. Lewis Petrinovich argues that humans have a set of cognitive abilities, developing from a suite …
A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health.The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered …
An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived eugenics.Part science and part …
Why preterm birth rates in the United States remain high even as access to prenatal care has improved and infant mortality has steadily dropped.The United States has one of the …
An argument that the system of boards that license human-subject research is so fundamentally misconceived that it inevitably does more harm than good.Medical and social progress …
A critical review of the debate over the still-hypothetical possibility of prenatal intervention by parents to select the sexual orientation of their children.Parents routinely …
An analysis of current biomedical research misconduct policy that proposes a new approach emphasizing the context of misconduct and improved oversight.Federal regulations that …
As our scientific and technical abilities expand at breathtaking speeds, concern that modern genetics and bioengineering are leading us to a posthuman future is growing. Is Human …
Experts explore the potential benefits, risks, and moral aspects of protocell technology, which creates simple forms of life from nonliving material.Teams of scientists around the …