In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Discusses organ transplants, including their history, the politics of waiting for organs, ethical and economic considerations, solutions to the organ shortage, and the future of organ transplantation.
Presents a study and analysis of the scientific and philosophical aspects of genetic engineering, discussing the ethical issues associated with the biological engineering of plants, animals, and human beings.
A collection of essays in which the author explores issues of medical ethics, discussing bioethics and bioethicists, assisted reproduction, cloning, death and dying, AIDS, and other topics.
Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to medicine, health, and bioethics between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
Presents opposing viewpoints on biomedical ethics issues such as genetic engineering, organ transplants, medical use of fetal tissue, and reproductive technology.
