Your life or mine : how geoethics can resolve the conflict between public and private interests in xenotransplantation / Martine Rothblatt.
- Rothblatt, Martine Aliana, 1954-
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- [2004], ©2004
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004], ©2004.
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xii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-179) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the organ shortage is a major problem that defies conventional solutions -- Brave new organs: the status of technological solutions to the problem -- Look before you leap: technological risks of xenotransplantation -- Of pigs and men: issues of speciesism and chimerism -- The right to life: society's obligation to provide health care and xenotransplantation -- Is xenotransplantation worth the risk? -- A geoethical solution to the conflict between private and public interests in xenotransplantation.
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Location Status Medical CollectionWO690 2004R84yOpen shelves
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- 0754623912