bioethics

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.

Friends Jenna, Locke, and Kara suffer a terrible accident that destroys their bodies, but their minds are preserved in a digital netherworld, allowing the friends to remain connected, until the day Jenna disappears, and then, decades later, Locke and Kara are given new bodies and discover everyone they knew and loved--except Jenna--are dead and gone.

Contains approximately 150 alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of terms and phrases involved in the bioethics/health care debates.

Discusses the scientific and technological innovations of genetic engineering and explores the ethical controversy surrounding the creation of life in the laboratory.

Examines how rapid progress in biology and biotechnology have impacted the eternal conflict over life and death, exploring the implications of these advances and how political, religious, and social groups are responding to them.

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.

Examines some of the ethical questions raised by the capabilities of modern medicine.