The concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technologies / edited by Ruth Chadwick.

San Diego : Academic Press, [2001], ©2001.

xxi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Bioethics, Overview / Raanan Gillon -- Biotechnology / Michael Reiss -- Birth-control technology / James W. Knight -- Brain death / C.A. Defanti -- Cloning / Thomas H. Murray and Gregory Kaebnick -- Computer and information ethics / Simon Rogerson -- Consequentialism and deontology / Matthew W. Hallgarth -- Embryology, Ethics of / Søren Holm -- Environmental impact assessment / Marja Järvelä -- Feminist ethics / Rosemarie Tong -- Fetal research / Robert H. Blank -- Gene therapy / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Genetic counseling / Angus J. Clarke -- Genetic engineering / Matti Häyry --Geneticization / Rogeer Hoedemaekers -- Genetic research / R.O. Mason -- Genetics and behavior / Garland E. Allen -- Genetic screening / Ruth Chadwick -- Genetic technology, Legal regulation of / Tony McGlennan-- Genome analysis / Adam M. Hedgecoe -- Hazardous and toxic substances / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Health and disease, Concepts of / Roger Wachbroit -- Health technology assessment / Richard Ashcroft -- Human nature, View of / Strachan Donnelley -- Human research subjects, Selection of / Richard Ashcroft -- Intrinsic and instrumental value / Nicholas Joll -- Life, Concept of / Maurizio Mori Politeira -- Medical futility / Loretta M. Kopelman -- Novel foods / Ben Mepham -- Nuclear power / Kristin Schrader-Frechette -- Nuclear testing / Steven Lee -- Organ transplants and xenotransplantation / Ruth Chadwick and Udo Schüklenk -- Playing God / William Grey -- Precautionary principle / Jenneth Parker -- Reproductive technologies / Lucy Frith -- Science and engineering ethics, Overview / R.E. Spier -- Slippery slope arguments / Wibren Vand der Burg -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.