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Engineering the human germline : an exploration of the science and ethics of altering the genes we pass to our children
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ISBN: 0195133021 9780195133028 9780195350937 0195350936 1280530766 9781280530760 9786610530762 6610530769 142940177X Year: 2000 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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This book gives an overview of the potential and the practical details that need to be resolved to make human germline engineering possible. Chapters present the ethical and social concerns and implications of the fast-approaching capability to alter the human germline and take an active role in the future evolution of the species.

The sanctity of human life
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ISBN: 1589014669 1435627415 9781435627413 9781589014664 9781589011762 1589011767 9781589015043 1589015045 Year: 2007 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,

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Heated debates are not unusual when confronting tough medical issues where it seems that moral and religious perspectives often erupt in conflict with philosophical or political positions. In The Sanctity of Human Life, Jewish theologian David Novak acknowledges that it is impossible not to take into account the theological view of human life, but the challenge is how to present the religious perspective to nonreligious people. In doing so, he shows that the two positionsùthe theological and the philosophicalùaren't as far apart as they may seem.Novak digs deep into Jewish scripture and tradit

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Medical ethics --- Embryonic stem cells --- National health services --- Assisted suicide --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Research --- artsen (geneesheren) --- embryonale stamcel (menselijke embryonale stamcel, totipotent, pluripotent) --- geneeskunde (medische aspecten) --- hulp bij zelfdoding --- jodendom (judaïsme) --- normen en waarden --- politieke filosofie --- theologische ethiek --- 241.63 --- 296*52 --- 296*52 Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora --- Joodse ethiek: Halacha; Minhag (gewoonten); Tora --- 241.63 Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Medicine, State --- National health care --- Nationalized health services --- Socialized medicine --- State medical care --- State medicine --- Medical care --- Medical policy --- Public health --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Embryonal stem cells --- Stem cells --- Assisted death (Assisted suicide) --- Assisted dying (Assisted suicide) --- Death, Assisted (Assisted suicide) --- Doctor-assisted suicide --- Dying, Assisted (Assisted suicide) --- Patient-directed death --- Patient-directed dying --- Physician-assisted suicide --- Suicide --- Euthanasia --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Judaism --- Research&delete& --- médecins --- cellule souche embryonnaire (cellule souche embryonnaire humaine) --- médecine (aspects médicaux) --- assistance au suicide (aide au suicide) --- judaïsme --- normes et valeurs --- philosophie politique --- éthique théologique --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Ethics, Medical. --- Life. --- Philosophy, Medical. --- Religion and Medicine.

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