Stem cell research / edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder.

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004], ©2004.

xi, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

An analogical argument for stem cell research / Richard Werner -- Marginal cases and the moral status of embryos / Michael J. Almeida -- Fixations on the moral status of the embryo / Michael C. Brannigan -- Nazi experiments and stem cell research / Dennis R. Cooley -- Recent ethical controversies about stem cell research / James J. McCartney

-- Complicity in embryonic and fetal stem cell research and applications: exploring and extending Catholic responses / Jan C. Heller -- Women, commodification, and embryonic stem cell research / Susan Dodds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.