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9780878408047 Academic Inspection Copy
9780801890901 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Surgically Shaping Children

  • Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality
  • This volume explores the ethical and social issues raised by the recent proliferation of surgical techniques aimed at making children appear more normal. Using three cases - involving surgeries to correct ambiguous genitalia of children who are intersexed, surgeries to lengthen the limbs of children who are dwarfs, and surgeries to eliminate ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780801890901 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 14/12/2008
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  • Categories: Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC]
9780801890918 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics

  • Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
  • Hardly a month goes by without a media report proclaiming that researchers have discovered the gene for some complex human behavior or trait—intelligence, dyslexia, shyness, homosexuality. The practical implications of genetic research can bring great good—relieving parents of self-blame for a child's schizophrenia or autism and possibly treating ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780801890918 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Price:
    AUD $64.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Local release date: 14/12/2008
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Categories: Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC]
9780878407804 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Enhancing Human Traits

  • Ethical and Social Implications
  • Explores ethical and social implications of various biotechnologies that make it possible to enhance an individual's mental and physical attributes. Focusing on the moral issues pertaining to cosmetic surgery and cosmetic psychopharmacolog, this title examines notions of identity, authenticity, normality, and complicity.
  • ISBN-13: 9780878407804 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $63.99
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  • Local release date: 02/02/2000
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  • Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]Medical ethics & professional conduct [MBDC]
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