Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

Genomics In Asia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides insights on research into the social, political and ethical aspects of genomics, and reflects the bioethical experiences of researchers from Japan, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. The subjects of discussion vary from genetics in China to religious perspectives on cloning and genetic therapy. Themes include the commercial and medical application of new bioengineering technologies, such as the impact of preventive genetic medicine, genetic counselling, genetically modified organisms [GMOs] and stem-cell research on wealth distribution, cultural traditions, social well-being, and political and legal regulations and institutions. In the study of bioengineering in Asia, various perspectives were brought together at a concrete research level. The authors tried to avoid macro-concepts incorporated by dichotomies of East and West and to acquire new insights into the relationship between local knowledge systems and cultures and interests groups on the one hand and the constellation of various interests of scientific research, governments and MNCs on the other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780415560641
• ISBN-10: 0415560640
• Artikelnr.: 45328781

Autorenporträt

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Genomics in Asia: Cultural Values and Bioethical Practices
I. Religious Perspectives
2. Ethical Issues: An Islamic Perspective
3. Impact Of Modern Genetics: A Sikh Perspective
4. Hindu Bioethics
the Concept Of Dharma and Female Infanticide in India
5. Human Cloning in A Thai Novel: Wimon Sainimnuan's Amata and Thai Cultural Attitudes Toward Biotechnology
6. Implications Of Japanese Religions in the Genomic Age: A Survey On Attitudes Towards Life and Death Within Shinto
Buddhist and Christian Groups
II. Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives
7. Genome
Artificial Evolution and Global Community
8. Biotechnology and Responsibility To Future Generations: A Confucian Perspective
9. Respecting Nature and Using Human Intelligence: Elements Of A Confucian Bioethics
10. Cross-Cultural Approaches To the Philosophy Of Life in the Contemporary World: From Bioethics To Life Studies
11. A Philosophical Meditation On Genomics