Being human : readings from the President's Council on Bioethics.
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- [2003]
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Washington, DC : [President's Council on Bioethics], [2003]
Physical description
xxvi, 628 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"December 2003."
Contents
Section I: Natural imperfection and human longing. Chapter 1: The search for perfection ; Chapter 2: Scientific aspirations ; Chapter 3: To heal sometimes, to comfort always -- Section II: The human being and the life cycle. Chapter 4: Are we our bodies? ; Chapter 5: Many stages, one life ; Chapter 6: Among the generations ; Chapter 7: Why not immortality? -- Section III: Cures, improvements, and their costs: virtues for a richer bioethics. Chapter 8: Vulnerability and suffering ; Chapter 9: Living immediately ; Chapter 10: Human dignity.
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Location Status History of MedicineCBE.AHOpen shelves