M. J. Mulkay, Michael Mulkay

The Embryo Research Debate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Highly accessible cultural account of the debates concerning human embryo research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780521576833
• ISBN-10: 0521576830
• Artikelnr.: 21848622

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The background to the debate
2. The sequence of parliamentary debate
3. Political parties and ministerial tactics
4. The impact of the pro-research lobby
5. Embryos in the news
6. Women and men
7. Science and religion
8. The myth of Frankenstein
9. Embryo research and the slippery slope
Epilogue: intruders in the Fallopian tube or a dream of perfect human reproduction
Notes
Index.