Birth to Death: Science and Bioethics

by Thomasine Kushner

Biology has been advancing with explosive pace over the last few years and in so doing has raised a host of ethical issues. This book, aimed at the general reader, reviews the major advances of recent years in biology and medicine and explores their ethical implications. From birth to death the reader is taken on a tour of human biology - covering genetics, reproduction, development, transplantation, aging, dying and also the use of animals in research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521555566
• ISBN13: 9780521555562
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"