Cross-cultural biotechnology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- The need for cross-cultural perspectives in biotechnology / Michael C. Brannigan
- Commercialization and benefit sharing of biotechnology: cross-cultural concerns? / Donald Chalmers
- The International Human Genome Project: an overview / Michael J. Morgan and Susan E. Wallace
- Ethical and legal aspects of biotechnology / Ryuichi Ida
- The ethics and policy issues in creating a stem cell donor: a case study in reproductive genetics / Jeffrey P. Kahn and Anna C. Mastroianni
- Optimizing safety and benefits of genetic testing: a look at the Canadian policy / Mylhne Deschjnes
- Experimentation on human embryos: the bioethical discussion in Europe with special attention to Austria and Germany / Henrich Ganthaler
- The cultural challenge of biotechnology in post-communist Europe / Larissa P. Zhiganova and Yuri M. Gariev
- Why is this gene different from all other genes? the Jewish approach to biotechnology / Edward Reichman
- Islamic perspectives on biotechnology / Bushra Mirza
- Agricultural biotechnology in African countries / Martin O. Makinde
- Autonomy, humane medicine, and research ethics: an East Asian perspecitve / David Kum-Wah Chan
- Indigenous knowledge, patenting, and the biotechnology industry / Stella Gonzalez Arnal
- Cross-cultural issues in balancing patent rights and consumer access to biotechnological and pharmaceutical inventions / Dianne Nicol
- Media, biotechnology, and culture / Margaret Coffey
- Tricksters, the plague, and mirrors: biotechnology, bioterrorism, and justice / Katharine R. Meacham and Jo Ann T. Croom.