Biomedical Ethics

by Walter Glannon

Book Overview

Today, advances in medicine and biotechnology occur at a rapid pace and have a profound impact on our lives. Mechanical devices can sustain an injured person's life indefinitely. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the body and brain can reveal disorders before symptoms appear. Genetic testing of embryos can predict whether people will have diseases earlier or later in life. It may even become possible to clone human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195144317
• ISBN13: 9780195144314
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"