Human Rights and Biomedicine / / George P. Smith II.

The eight chapters within this volume are structured around an exploration of the fundamental issues in the field of biomedical human rights: dignity and autonomy in not only procreative liberties but throughout the complete cycle of life and death, the freedom of scientific inquiry into the new bio...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments.
  • Introduction.
  • 1. Universal Human Rights and Biomedicine in Context.
  • 2. Scientific Freedom, Fetal Experimentation, and Collaborative Reproduction.
  • 3. Reproductive Freedoms or Responsibilities.
  • 4. The Developmentally Disabled.
  • 5. Genetic Enhancement or Eugenic Improvement.
  • 6. Safeguarding Genetic Integrity.
  • 7. Elder Health Care.
  • 8. The Last Right - Natural Death or Assisted Suicide.
  • Index.
  • About the Author.