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Novel, theoretically rigorous, yet practical, Philosophy for Public Health and Public Policy examines why it is so common for public policies to fail in practice to improve the problems they aim to solve, and what to do about this. It argues that a shift to complex systems approaches to policymaking is overdue. 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Part III: Structural Justice 8: Responsibility 9: Measuring and Combatting Health Related Inequalities 10: Communicable Disease 11: Conclusion","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732592898391,"sku":"9780192844057","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780192844057.jpg?v=1719997567"},{"product_id":"bioethics-9780197657966","title":"Bioethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions and dilemmas of bioethics touch everyone. Should people who refuse to be vaccinated be treated for COVID-19, even if that displaces vaccinated patients with other serious conditions? What restrictions on abortion should there be, if any? Should women be paid to donate eggs? Bioethics: What Everyone Needs to Know  discusses these and other similar questions facing the public today--as well as providing a way for thinking deeply about them.Steinbock and Menzel first examine major moral theories and how they can be used to analyze bioethical issues. They then provide historical background to the birth of bioethics and explain how it shifted from a paternalistic doctor knows best approach to respect for autonomy, a fundamental value in contemporary bioethics. Subsequent chapters cover advance directives, experimentation on human subjects, the definition of death, physician-assisted dying, abortion, disability, just healthcare systems, the allocation of scarce resources, pharm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book's coverage is excellent and more than sufficient to ground a robust understanding of contemporary bioethics. * Choice *","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732669772119,"sku":"9780197657966","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197657966.jpg?v=1719997878"},{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-animal-experimentation-9780197665756","title":"The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery year, hundreds of millions of animals are used in the service of biomedical research, despite the risk of extreme cruelty to these animal subjects. The expansion of the pharmaceutical industry and university research funding rapidly normalized its practice. What exactly are these experiments supposed to achieve from the scientific point of view and how effective are they? Working scientists answer these questions by saying that their research is absolutely necessary if we are to develop new therapies for human diseases. But is this really the case? Written by a scientist with over 40 years of laboratory experience, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation critically examines this assumption and asks whether it is true that animal-based research achieves its aims and, if so, how often this occurs and if there are alternatives to performing animal-based science. 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I'm confident that Wilson's book will become a touchstone in public health ethics for years to come. * Diego Silva, Public Health Ethics *","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732829516119,"sku":"9780198900580","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"is-it-really-green-9780241435809","title":"Is It Really Green","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dorling Kindersley Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733114073431,"sku":"9780241435809","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241435809.jpg?v=1719999449"},{"product_id":"new-romantic-cyborgs-romanticism-information-technology-and-the-end-of-the-machine-9780262035460","title":"New Romantic Cyborgs  Romanticism Information","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn account of the complex relationship between technology and romanticism that links nineteenth-century monsters, automata, and mesmerism with twenty-first-century technology's magic devices and romantic cyborgs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomanticism and technology are widely assumed to be opposed to each other. 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Health Affairs Evenhanded, eminently readable, up to date, educational, scientifically precise, powerfully researched, and very entertaining, Krimsky's slim volume is one that no scientist, policy-maker, ethicist, or intelligent reader should miss... Although the stem-cell debate is complex and heated, Krimsky has done more than anyone else to make it tractable, clear, and interesting. Hastings Center Report\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction Harnessing Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine Dialogue 1. Hope Dialogue 2. Why Is This Cell Different from Other Cells? Dialogue 3. The President's Stem Cells Dialogue 4. The Dickey-Wicker Enigma Dialogue 5. The Moral Status of Embryos Dialogue 6. Creating Good from Immoral Acts Dialogue 7. Circumventing Embryocide Dialogue 8. My Personalized Beta Cells for Diabetes Dialogue 9. Repairing Brain Cells in Stroke Victims Dialogue 10. Reversing Macular Degeneration Dialogue 11. My Stem Cells, My Cancer Dialogue 12. Reprogramming Cells Dialogue 13. My Personalized Disease Cells Dialogue 14. To Clone or Not to Clone: That Is the Question Dialogue 15. Patenting Human Embryonic Stem Cells Is Immoral and Illegal (in Europe) Dialogue 16. My Embryo Is Auctioned on the Internet Dialogue 17. Here Comes the Egg Man: Oocytes and Embryos.org Dialogue 18. Human-Animal Chimeras and Hybrids Dialogue 19. Stem Cell Tourism Dialogue 20. Social Media Meet Science Hype Dialogue 21. Feminism and the Commercialization of Human Eggs\/Embryos\t Dialogue 22. Was My Birth Embryo Me? Dialogue 23. Embryos Without Ovaries Dialogue 24. My Cells Are Drugs Dialogue 25. 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But its traditional emphasis on individual interests such as doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and personal autonomy is minimally helpful in confronting the social and political challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic modification, and DNA forensics.Beyond Bioethicsaddresses these provocative issues from an emerging standpoint that is attentive to race, gender, class, disability, privacy, and notions of democracya new biopolitics. This authoritative volume provides an overview for those grappling with the profound dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to this new perspective grounded in social justice and public interest values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A useful contribution. Gives both a name and a direction to a more socially conscious ethical and political framework to the controversial issues posed by developments in genomics.\" * Metapsychology Online Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"With the rapid development of new biotechnologies like CRISPR, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e makes a timely call for a novel take on bioethics capable of addressing the significant sociopolitical implications of these technologies. . . . Bridging together thinkers across the humanities and sciences divide, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e models a progressive, interdisciplinary approach to bioethics that extends beyond a focus on the individual toward a 'new biopolitics' of the global, the collective.\" * Somatosphere *\u003cbr\u003e\"As an argument for a particular focus in bioethics, with each chapter serving as a case providing an example of this focus, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e is convincing. . . . covers a lot of theoretical ground, and is clear and enjoyable to read without sacrificing intelligence. It will certainly spark both scholarly discussion and student interest.\" * Quarterly Review of Biology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Troy Duster\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note to Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction - Osagie K. Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Biopolitical Critique of Bioethics: Historical Context\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Biological Inferiority of the Undeserving Poor - Michael B. Katz\u003cbr\u003e 2. Making Better Babies: Public Health and Race Betterment in Indiana, 1920–1935 - Alexandra Minna Stern\u003cbr\u003e 3. Eugenics and the Nazis: The California Connection - Edwin Black\u003cbr\u003e 4. Why the Nazis Studied American Race Law for Inspiration - James Q. Whitman\u003cbr\u003e 5. Constructing Normalcy: The Bell Curve, the Novel, and the Invention of the Disabled Body in the Nineteenth Century - Lennard J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Eugenics Legacy of the Nobelist Who Fathered IVF - Osagie K. Obasogie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Bioethics and its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Sociological Account of the Growth of Principlism - John H. Evans \u003cbr\u003e 8. Why a Feminist Approach to Bioethics? - Margaret Olivia Little\u003cbr\u003e 9. Disability Rights Approach toward Bioethics? - Gregor Wolbring\u003cbr\u003e 10. Differences from Somewhere: The Normativity of Whiteness in Bioethics in the United States - Catherine Myser\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bioethical Silence and Black Lives - Derek Ayeh\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Ethicists - Carl Elliott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Emerging Biotechnologies, Extreme Ideologies: The Recent Past and Near Future\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Genome as Commons - Tom Athanasiou and Marcy Darnovsky\u003cbr\u003e 14. Yuppie Eugenics - Ruth Hubbard and Stuart Newman\u003cbr\u003e 15. Brave New Genome - Eric S. Lander\u003cbr\u003e 16. Can We Cure Genetic Diseases without Slipping into Eugenics? - Nathaniel Comfort \u003cbr\u003e 17. Cyborg Soothsayers of the High-Tech Hogwash Emporia: In Amsterdam with the Singularity - Corey Pein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Markets, Property, and The Body\u003cbr\u003e 18. Flacking for Big Pharma - Harriet A. Washington\u003cbr\u003e 19. Your Body, Their Property - Osagie K. Obasogie\u003cbr\u003e 20. Where Babies Come From: Supply and Demand in an Infant Marketplace - Debora Spar\u003cbr\u003e 21. Dear Facebook, Please Don’t Tell Women to Lean In to Egg Freezing - Jessica Cussins\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Miracle Woman - Rebecca Skloot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Patients As Consumers in The Gene Age\u003cbr\u003e 23. What Is Your DNA Worth? - David Dobbs\u003cbr\u003e 24. Should Patients Understand That They Are Research Subjects? - Jenny Reardon\u003cbr\u003e 25. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Should Come with a Health Warning - Jessica Cussins\u003cbr\u003e 26. Genetic Testing for All Women? Not a Solution to the Breast Cancer Epidemic - Karuna Jaggar\u003cbr\u003e 27. Welcome, Freshmen: DNA Swabs, Please - Troy Duster\u003cbr\u003e 28. Me Medicine - Donna Dickenson\u003cbr\u003e 29. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era - Ronald Bayer and Sandro Galea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Seeking Humanity in Human Subjects Research\u003cbr\u003e 30. Medical Exploitation: Inmates Must Not Become Guinea Pigs Again - Allen M. Hornblum and Osagie K. Obasogie\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Body Hunters - Marcia Angell\u003cbr\u003e 32. Guinea-Pigging - Carl Elliott\u003cbr\u003e 33. Human Enhancement and Experimental Research in the Military - Efthimios Parasidis\u003cbr\u003e 34. Non-Consenting Adults - Harriet A. Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Baby-Making in The Biotech Age\u003cbr\u003e 35. Generation I.V.F.: Making a Baby in the Lab—10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me - Miriam Zoll\u003cbr\u003e 36. Queering the Fertility Clinic - Laura  Mamo\u003cbr\u003e 37. Reproductive Tourism: Equality Concerns in the Global Market for Fertility Services - Lisa Chiyemi Ikemoto\u003cbr\u003e 38. Make Me a Baby as Fast as You Can - Douglas Pet \u003cbr\u003e 39. Let’s Get Rid of the Secrecy in Donor-Conceived Families - Naomi Cahn and Wendy Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Selecting Traits, Selecting Children\u003cbr\u003e 40. Disability Equality and Prenatal Testing: Contradictory or Compatible? - Adrienne Asch\u003cbr\u003e 41. The Bleak New World of Prenatal Genetics - Marcy Darnovsky and Alexandra Minna Stern\u003cbr\u003e 42. Have New Prenatal Tests Been Dangerously Oversold? - Beth Daley\u003cbr\u003e 43. Sex Selection and the Abortion Trap - Mara Hvistendahl\u003cbr\u003e 44. A Baby, Please: Blond, Freckles—Hold the Colic - Gautam Naik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IX. Reinventing Race in The Gene Age\u003cbr\u003e 45. Straw Men and Their Followers: The Return of Biological Race - Evelynn M. Hammonds\u003cbr\u003e 46. The Problem with Race-Based Medicine - Dorothy Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 47. Race in a Bottle - Jonathan Kahn \u003cbr\u003e 48. The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing - Deborah A. Bolnick et al.\u003cbr\u003e 49. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold - Osagie K. Obasogie and Troy Duster\u003cbr\u003e 50. High-Tech, High-Risk Forensics - Osagie K. Obasogie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part X. Biopolitics and The Future\u003cbr\u003e 51. Die, Selfish Gene, Diem - David Dobbs\u003cbr\u003e 52. Toward Race Impact Assessments - Osagie K. Obasogie\u003cbr\u003e 53. Human Genetic Engineering Demands More Than a Moratorium - Sheila Jasanoff, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, and Krishanu Saha\u003cbr\u003e 54. “Moral Meanings of an Altogether Different Kind”: Progressive Politics in the Biotech Age - Marcy Darnovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Patricia J. 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56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Life before Birth II: Embryos, Foetuses and Associated Issues 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Early Human Embryo 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Introduction: Embryos and Persons 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Status of the Embryo: Human Life Begins at Fertilisation 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Status of the Embryo: The 14]Day Approach 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Embryo Research 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Screening and Diagnosis 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Reproductive Rights 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.1 Scope of Reproductive Rights 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2 Contraception 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Abortion: Maternal–Foetal Conflict 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Surrogacy 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Artificial Wombs 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Cloning and Stem Cells 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Frogs and Sheep 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Genes and Clones 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 It’s Not Natural: It Should Be Banned! 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 The Ethics of Human Cloning: An Overview 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Reproductive Cloning of Non]human Mammals 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Unlocking the Genetic Potential of Stem Cells 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.1 Embryonic Stem Cells 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.2 Therapeutic Potential 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.3 Embryonic Stem Cells and the Ethical Status of the Early Human Embryo 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.4 Therapeutic Cloning 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.5 Adult Stem Cells 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.6 Novel Sources of Stem Cells 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Concluding Remarks 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Human Genes and Genomes 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Some History 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Molecular Genetics and the Human Genome Project 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Some Thoughts on Eugenics 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Use of Human Genetic Information 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Introduction 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Genetic Diagnosis 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2.1 Postnatal Diagnosis 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2.2 Prenatal Diagnosis 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2.3 Pre]implantation Genetic Diagnosis 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2.4 Saviour Siblings: A Very Special Case 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2.5 Where Next? 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159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction: Four Important Examples to Inform Our Thinking 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1 Charlotte Wyatt 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2 Mark Sanderson 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.3 King George V 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.4 Reginald Crew 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 How Did We Get Here? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 What Is Euthanasia? 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Introduction 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2 Euthanasia 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.3 Is Assisted Suicide Different? 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Case for Assisted Dying 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Openness 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Necessity 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.3 Autonomy 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The Arguments against Assisted Dying 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.1 Controlling Pain and Suffering 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2 The Downside of Autonomy 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 The Debate Continues: Will the Law Ever Be Changed? 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 When Should Medical Treatment Be Withheld or Withdrawn? 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.1 Introduction 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.2 The Right to Refuse Treatment 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.3 Making Decisions for People Who Cannot Make Them for Themselves 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.4 The Liverpool Care Pathway 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Concluding Remarks 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Biotechnology 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Genetic Modification and Synthetic Biology 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Introduction 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Ethical Analysis of Genetic Modification 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Risks Associated with Genetic Modification 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Possible Misuse of Genetic Modification 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Pharmaceuticals 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Genetic Modification of Animals 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 Introduction 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 Scientific Background 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3 Applications of Animal Genetic Modification 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.4 Animal GM and Animal Welfare Issues 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Research Uses of Genetic Modification 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Gene and Genome Editing 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.1 Introduction 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.2 The CRISPR\/Cas9 Genome Editing System 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Synthetic Biology 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7.1 Introduction 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7.2 What Is Synthetic Biology? 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7.3 Applications of Synthetic Biology 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7.4 Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Genetic Modification of Plants 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction and Definitions 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Back to the Beginning 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Basic Methodology 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 The Debate 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Introduction 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Conducting the Debate 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 The Key Issues 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3.1 Intrinsic Objections 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3.2 Risk 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.4 The Debate Continues 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.5 Genome Editing: A Special Case? 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 GM Crops: Is a Different Approach Possible? 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Closing Comments: Consumer Choice 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Genes: Some Wider Issues 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Crop GM Technology, World Trade and Global Justice 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Gene Patenting 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1 Gene Patents in Crop GM Technology 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2 Gene Patents and Medical Genetics 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Genetic Piracy 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Databases 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.1 Introduction 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.2 Applications of DNA Fingerprinting 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5.3 DNA Databases 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Concluding Remarks 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Biofuels and Bioenergy: Environmental and Ethical Aspects 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Biofuels: A Brief Survey 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Biofuels: Ethical Issues 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1 Introduction 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2 Can Biofuels Be Produced without Affecting Food Production? 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3 Is Growth of Biofuel Crops Sustainable? 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4 Biofuel Production and Land Allocation 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Concluding Comment 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Humans and the Biosphere 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Humans and Non]human Animals 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Humankind’s Place in the Animal Kingdom 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Human Use of Animals: An Overview 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.1 Historic and Present]Day Perspectives 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.2 ‘Speciesism’ 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Vivisection and the Use of Animals in Research 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.1 Definitions, Laws and Numbers 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.2 Reasons for Experimenting on Animals 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.3 All Animals Are Equal, or Are They? 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 The Ethics of Animal Research 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Animals in Sport, Companionship, Leisure and Fashion 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.1 Sport 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.2 Companion Animals and Pets 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.3 Fashion and Fur 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Working Animals 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Animals for Food 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Concluding Comments 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey References and Suggestions for Further Reading 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Environmental Crisis: Not Just about Climate 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Environmental Damage: It’s a Fivefold Problem 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.1 Introduction 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.2 Environmental Pollution 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.3 Environmental Degradation 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.4 Loss of Habitat and of Biodiversity 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.5 Over]exploitation of Earth’s Resources 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.6 Pause for Reflection 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Climate Change 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.1 Introduction 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.2 Sea Levels 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.3 How Much Can We Cope With? 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EXAMINES THE BOUNDARIES OF MOTHERHOOD THROUGH AN UNUSUAL LENS: ARTIFICIAL WOMBS. ... A SKILLED WRITER WITH A CAREFUL GRASP OF HER SUBJECT AND ITS FASCINATING HISTORY' Angela Saini, Telegraph  'AN ENGROSSING INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE OF BIRTH THROUGH THE LENSES OF THE MOST PRESSING WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES OF OUR ERA'  New Statesman  Throughout human history, every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to change.   Scientific research is on the cusp of being able to grow babies outside human bodies, from machines, for the very first time. Claire Horn takes us on a truly radical and urgent deep dive into the most challenging and pertinent questions of our age. Could artificial wombs allow women to redistribute the work of gestating? How do we protect reproductive and abortion rights? And who exactly gets access to this technology, in our vastly unequal world?   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I cannot recommend this book strongly enough' - Henry Marsh, New Statesman (about The Idea of the Brain)  A new gene editing technology, invented just seven years ago, has turned humanity into gods. Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction.  But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers.   By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. 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Cobb catapults us into a world full of the joys of discovery, the intense rivalries and friendships between scientists, and the many moral and scientific uncertainties about genetics that await us -- Siddhartha Mukherjee, author * The Gene: An Intimate History *\u003cbr\u003eThe ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly complex area of science but also an ethical minefield * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThere are serious questions about the safety of genetic engineering, but also profound social and ethical questions about its use. Matthew Cobb, in his detailed and deeply researched book ... is concerned as much about these questions as he is about the technical details ... but the book is not a primer for understanding the field; it is much more than that. -- Henry Marsh * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eWonderful ... a thoughtful, lively and evocative exposition of the history of genetic engineering. -- Adrian Woolfson * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent and occasionally harrowing ... masterfully told history ... offers a clear-eyed, well-researched view of the promises and pitfalls of a necessary new technology * Forbes *\u003cbr\u003e[An] indefatigable exploration of the genesis of biology ... beautifully lays out the sheer improbability of our biosphere. * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003eA look at genetic engineering that provides valuable background for rethinking the appropriate uses for these technologies. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eA truly valuable book ... most of us get very big picture ideas of what's going on with gene editing and other genetic modifications from the media. Now we've got the real story -- Brain Clegg * Popular Science *\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging, intriguing book about the history of genetic engineering and where it might lead society ... Excellent. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e[A] remarkable jaunt through the twists and turns of the genetic engineering revolution ... a valuable new go-to source. -- Luis A. Campos * Science *\u003cbr\u003eCobb does an excellent job describing the history and the nuts and bolts of genetic engineering. But his real focus, as the title of his book implies, is on the sociological, psychological, and philosophical questions surrounding the genetic age. * GEN Biotechnology *\u003cbr\u003eHis evenhanded critique balances caution about emergent technologies with tart scepticism of overreaching claims ... The result is an eye-opening - and occasionally hair-raising - indictment of scientific hubris and recklessness. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides such rich description that even the most knowledgeable readers ... will learn something new ... fascinating. * Journal of Medical Humanities *\u003cbr\u003ePowerful gene technologies, long foreseen, are finally with us. Taking the measure of this daunting prospect calls for historical acumen, technical appreciation, and a clear-eyed view of human foibles. As this book attests, Matthew Cobb has all three -- Jon Turney\u003cbr\u003eA superb account of genetic engineering in life and culture, in all its myriad anxieties and exhilarations. Should we be scared? Read this book and you'll have a sense of the answer -- Adam Roberts, author * It's the End of the World *\u003cbr\u003eThe essential, engrossing and disturbing story of a science that enabled us to create new forms of life -- Victoria Gill\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Cobb is a great storyteller of science, a tapestry of intriguing and enlightening ideas thoughtfully and entertainingly told -- Robin Ince\u003cbr\u003eProfound and important ... Written with astute, calm and clear-sighted judgement, The Genetic Age is likely to be the definitive account of the rise of gene biotechnologies. Neither a credulous booster nor a doom-mongering catastrophist, Matthew Cobb steers a prudent path through the promise and perils of genetic engineering -- Philip Ball, author * Critical Mass *\u003cbr\u003eFaced with a new round of genetic dreams and nightmares, Matthew Cobb skilfully sifts the truth from the hype in this thrilling and alarming account of our most dangerous and exciting technology -- Paul Mason, author * How to Stop Fascism *\u003cbr\u003eThe promise of genetic engineering is limitless, the stuff of dreams and nightmares, and that is also the problem, as Matthew Cobb shows us in this elegant and meticulously researched history. Packed with human stories and fascinating detail, this is the journey of discovery that changed how we view life itself. -- Gaia Vince, author * Transcendence, Adventures in the Anthropocene *\u003cbr\u003eA lucid and vigorously insightful account of the pitfalls and triumphs of the twenty-first century's most ethically challenging and potentially world-changing technology -- Paul McAuley, author * Fairyland *\u003cbr\u003eA superb guide to the global history of the dreams, fears and science of genetic engineering, and why it matters for tomorrow -- Jon Agar, author * Turing and the Universal Machine *\u003cbr\u003eA gripping, bawdy tale of science fiction morphing into business history ... Exhaustively researched and beautifully written ... the histories of recombinant DNA, biotech, GMOs, gene therapy, and cloning in a single lively, accessible account -- Nathaniel Comfort, Professor of the History of Medicine, John Hopkins University, and author * The Tangled Field: How Genetics Became the Heart of American Medicine *\u003cbr\u003eA riveting guide to the new age of genome engineering, revealing how ideas and technology that until recently existed only in science fiction are now a stunning clinical reality ... Required reading for anyone who cares about the future of humanity and our planet -- Kevin Davies, author * Editing Humanity *\u003cbr\u003eThe genetic advances of the past half-century have raised the possibility that we can not only read the instructions that make living things, including ourselves, but also edit them at will. As a geneticist, Matthew Cobb celebrates the potential of these advances for medicine, agriculture and biodiversity. 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Enabling us to manipulate the genes in virtually any organism with exquisite precision, CRISPR has given scientists a degree of control that was undreamt of even in science fiction.  But CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing, world-changing potential of the new genetics and the possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers.   By placing each phase of discovery, anticipation and fear in the context of over fifty years of attempts to master the natural world, Matthew Cobb, the Baillie-Gifford-shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain, weaves the stories of science, history and culture to shed new light on our future. 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Neither a credulous booster nor a doom-mongering catastrophist, Matthew Cobb steers a prudent path through the promise and perils of genetic engineering -- Philip Ball, author * Critical Mass *\u003cbr\u003eFaced with a new round of genetic dreams and nightmares, Matthew Cobb skilfully sifts the truth from the hype in this thrilling and alarming account of our most dangerous and exciting technology -- Paul Mason, author * How to Stop Fascism *\u003cbr\u003eThe promise of genetic engineering is limitless, the stuff of dreams and nightmares, and that is also the problem, as Matthew Cobb shows us in this elegant and meticulously researched history. 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Each of us, for example, has an opinion about whether we should eat meat; whether animals should be used for scientific research, or whether the use of animals in sport is acceptable. But very few of us stop to wonder about the basis of our views, or to rationalise them. In this book, Madeleine Campbell aims to enable us to do so, by addressing a series of questions such as: When does animal use become abuse? Why do we treat some animals differently from others? Are there some things which we should never do to animals? And, just because we can, should we? Drawing on her experience as a Veterinarian; a European Diplomate in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law; a researcher and teacher, and a member of various industry ethical review bodies and of welfare and ethics committees for membership organisations and government, the author takes ethical argument beyond academia and applies it to the question which currently dominates societal debate about human-animal interactions: what (if anything) is a reasonable use of an animal?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAnimals, Ethics, and Us\u003c\/em\u003e offers a stripped back, balanced and moderate perspective, based on logical argument, philosophical principles and sound science. 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The mechanisms of animal ethics or how do we make a difference?","brand":"5M Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412611703127,"sku":"9781789180497","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789180497.jpg?v=1730517357"},{"product_id":"animals-as-biotechnology-ethics-sustainability-and-critical-animal-studies-9781844078301","title":"Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human\/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies - mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to question the nature of our relations with other animals. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability, limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm. Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our consumption of meat\/dairy products in the face of climate change threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions between humans, animals and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Twine's Animals as Biotechnology adds a much needed perspective to debates surrounding animal life, ethics, capitalism, and emerging animal biotechnologies. Combining cutting-edge interdisciplinary frameworks from critical animal studies with in-depth analyses of the economics and science behind the increasing commodification and production of animals for human consumption, Twine makes a compelling case for the development of a more generous, less anthropocentric approach in our myriad relations with the other-than-human world.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDr. Matthew Calarco, Associate Professor of Philosophy, California State University at Fullerton, USA - Author of 'Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Richard Twine weaves deftly between 'molecularisation' of animals in biotechnology and growing sensibilities about human-animal relationships. Tensions between these opposing strands raise many questions about what animal science can promise, and - importantly - about implications for sustainability and how we treat other animals who share this earth. Rethinking relationships with other animals is critical for all our futures.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eProfessor Lynda Birke, University of Chester, UK and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eauthor of\u003c\/em\u003e '\u003cem\u003eFeminism, Animals and Science: The Naming of the Shrew' and\u003c\/em\u003e '\u003cem\u003eFeminism and the Biological Body'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Twine's book is an excellent addition to both bioethics and animal studies. He is able effectively to synthesize and constructively critique two complex disciplines, while at the same time keeping an emphasis on the living animals themselves. This book is essential for anyone working in the fields of animal studies, bioethics, and science and technology studies, as well as for graduate-level courses in these areas'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eDr. Julie Urbanik, Society \u0026amp; Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Its combination of breadth and proficiency with technical developments makes it a valuable resource for those seeking to stay abreast with developments in the field, both ethical and technological. (It) offers a sophisticated analysis of a range of complex technical issues and would be valuable to those teaching and studying bioethics, animal studies or environmental studies, as well as those interested in the intersection of agriculture and political economy'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eJay (Koby) Oppenheim, Food, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Impressively erudite and impeccably researched, the book marks a major contribution to debates on animal biotechnology, climate change, and critical animal studies. The book triumphantly addresses the critique of the humanities as irrelevant and isolated from practical matters by attending to the hard scientific issues so many scholars in the humanities lack the training to properly engage. Its success is double, then, because more than offering a critique of scientific practices from a posthumanist perspective, for scientists in these fields the book lucidly presents the full scope of the ethical issues that surround their work - and, perhaps more importantly, offers an ethical framework for the future'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eChris Washington, Miami University (Ohio), Journal for Critical Animal Studies \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Undoubtedly, \u003cem\u003eAnimals as Biotechnology\u003c\/em\u003e is an impressive piece of research, the winner of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies 2011 book of the year and a stinging critique of meat production practices'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eJohn Miller, Green Letters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: From the Sciences of Meat to Critical Animal Studies \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: The Animal and the Ethical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Undomesticating the Ethical \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Toward a Critical Bioethics \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Thinking across Species in the Ethics of 'Enhancement' \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Capitalizing on Animals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Animal Biotechnology and Regulation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Biopower and the Biotechnological Framing of the Animal Body \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Capitalizing on the Molecular Animal: Beyond Limits? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Capturing Sustainability in the Genome\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Mobilizing the Promise of Sustainability \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Searching for the 'Win-Win'? Animal Genomics and 'Welfare'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: From the 'Livestock' 'Revolution' to a Revolution in Human\/Animal Relations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413467832663,"sku":"9781844078301","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781844078301.jpg?v=1730520261"},{"product_id":"ecosystems-and-nature-economics-science-and-policy-9781858987934","title":"Ecosystems and Nature: Economics, Science and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcosystems and Nature \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together the work of leading authorities in biodiversity research.  It provides readers with a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the major issues in biodiversity, including economics, natural science, management and ethics.\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into four main sections: part I introduces some fundamental scientific and socio-economic concepts and analysis in order to illustrate the complexities involved in the human-ecosystems interface; part II deals with the valuation of ecosystems with special emphasis on the main biomes, faults, wetlands, marine systems, grasslands and agriculture; part III covers the problem of value appropriation and the relevant constraints and available policy instruments; the final section focuses on the difficult ethical issues that surround utilization and conservation of biodiversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:    Introduction   Part I:  Biodiversity: Basic Science and Economics 1.  C.S. Holling (1973), ‘Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems’ 2.  Carl Folke, C.S. Holling and Charles Perrings (1996), ‘Biological Diversity, Ecosystems, and the Human Scale’ 3.  Kris H. Johnson, Kristiina A. Vogt, Heidi J. Clark, Oswald J. Schmitz and Daniel J. Vogt (1996), ‘Biodiversity and the Productivity and Stability of Ecosystems’ 4.  Stuart L. Pimm, Gareth J. Russell, John L. Gittleman and Thomas M. Brooks (1995), ‘The Future of Biodiversity’ 5.  Kenneth Arrow, Bert Bolin, Robert Costanza, Partha Dasgupta, Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Simon Levin, Karl-Göran Mäler, Charles Perrings and David Pimentel (1995), ‘Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment’ 6.  Charles Perrings and David Pearce (1994), ‘Threshold Effects and Incentives for the Conservation of Biodiversity’ 7.  Timothy M. Swanson (1994), ‘The Economics of Extinction Revisited and Revised: A Generalised Framework for the Analysis of the Problems of Endangered Species and Biodiversity Losses’ Part II:  Valuing Ecosystemfunctions and Services: Demonstrating the Value of Natural Biological Capital A\tOverviews  8.  Gail Bingham, Richard Bishop, Michael Brody, Daniel Bromley, Edwin (Toby) Clark, William Cooper, Robert Costanza, Thomas Hale, Gregory Hayden, Stephen Kellert, Richard Norgaard, Bryan Norton, John Payne, Clifford Russell and Glenn Suter (1995), ‘Issues in Ecosystem Valuation: Improving Information for Decision Making’ 9.  N. Bockstael, R. Costanza, I. Strand, W. Boynton, K. Bell and L. Wainger (1995), ‘Ecological Economic Modeling and Valuation of Ecosystems’ 10.  John M. Gowdy (1997), ‘The Value of Biodiversity: Markets, Society, and Ecosystems’ B\tTropical and Temperate Forests 11.  Ricardo Godoy, Ruben Lubowski and Anil Markandya (1993), ‘A Method for the Economic Valuation of Non-Timber Forest Products’ 12.  W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Raffaello Cervigni and Dominic Moran (1995), ‘Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico’ 13.  Thomas D. Crocker (1985), ‘On the Value of the Condition of a Forest Stock’ C\tTemperate and Tropical Wetlands  14.  Edward B. Barbier (1994), ‘Valuing Environmental Functions: Tropical Wetlands’ 15.  Robert Costanza, Stephen C. Farber and Judith Maxwell (1989), ‘Valuation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems’ 16.  Stephen K. Swallow (1994), ‘Renewable and Nonrenewable Resource Theory Applied to Coastal Agriculture, Forest, Wetland, and Fisheries Linkages’ D\tMarine Resources  17.  R.K. Turner, S. Subak and W.N. Adger (1996), ‘Pressures, Trends, and Impacts in Coastal Zones: Interactions Between Socioeconomic and Natural Systems’ 18.  H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1994), ‘Modelling Economy-Ecology Linkages in Mangroves: Economic Evidence for Promoting Conservation in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia’ 19.  John B. Loomis and Douglas M. Larson (1994), ‘Total Economic Values of Increasing Gray Whale Populations: Results from a Contingent Valuation Survey of Visitors and Households’ E\tGrasslands and Agriculture  20.  Katrina Brown (1997), ‘Plain Tales from the Grasslands: Extraction, Value and Utilization of Biomass in Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal’ 21.  Lars Drake (1992), ‘The Non-Market Value of the Swedish Agricultural Landscape’ Part III:  Capturing the Value of Ecosystemfunctions and Services A\tProperty Rights, Institutions and Policy Instruments  22.  James R. Kahn and Judith A. McDonald (1995), ‘Third-World Debt and Tropical Deforestation’ 23.  H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1992), ‘The Rainforest Supply Price: A Tool for Evaluating Rainforest Conservation Expenditures’ 24.  Brent M. Swallow and Daniel W. Bromley (1995), ‘Institutions, Governance and Incentives in Common Property Regimes for African Rangelands’ 25.  Madhav Gadgil (1992), ‘Conserving Biodiversity as if People Matter: A Case Study from India’ 26.  Martin Whitby and Caroline Saunders (1996), ‘Estimating the Supply of Conservation Goods in Britain: A Comparison of the Financial Efficiency of Two Policy Instruments’ B\tConservation Management Priorities, Safe Minimum Standards and Opportunity Costs  27.  Dominic Moran, David Pearce and Anouk Wendelaar (1996), ‘Global Biodiversity Priorities: A Cost-Effectiveness Index for Investments’ 28.  Charles Perrings and Brian Walker (1997), ‘Biodiversity, Resilience and the Control of Ecological-Economic Systems: The Case of Fire-Driven Rangelands’ 29.  Andreas Hohl and Clement A. Tisdell (1993), ‘How Useful are Environmental Safety Standards in Economics? – The Example of Safe Minimum Standards for Protection of Species’ 30.  Priya Shyamsundar and Randall Kramer (1997), ‘Biodiversity Conservation – At What Cost?  A Study of Households in the Vicinity of Madagascar’s Mantadia National Park’ 31.  Sandra S. Batie and Carl C. Mabbs-Zeno (1985), ‘Opportunity Costs of Preserving Coastal Wetlands: A Case Study of a Recreational Housing Development’ Part IV:  Ethics 32.  Holmes Rolston III (1985), ‘Valuing Wildlands’ 33.  Bryan G. Norton (1995), ‘Evaluating Ecosystem States: Two Competing Paradigms’ 34.  Talbot Page (1995), ‘Harmony and Pathology’ 35.  Alan Randall (1991), ‘The Value of Biodiversity’ Name Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414063554903,"sku":"9781858987934","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781858987934.jpg?v=1730522327"},{"product_id":"veterinary-ethics-navigating-tough-cases-9781910455685","title":"Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat should a vet do when a client can’t pay for their animal’s treatment? Or when asked their opinion on the killing of wildlife for disease control? Or when observing an animal welfare problem whilst off duty?\u003cbr\u003e  Ethical problems are an everyday part of life for veterinarians but it can be difficult to combine personal values with professional conduct. \u003cem\u003eVeterinary Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e presents a range of ethical scenarios that veterinarians and other allied animal health professionals may face in practice. The scenarios discussed are not only exceptional cases with potentially significant consequences, but often less dramatic everyday situations.\u003cbr\u003e  The responses to these ethical problems are from practising veterinarians and acknowledged world experts in animal welfare and ethics. The advice given is thorough and detailed, covering different eventualities, the ethical knots and dilemmas, the personal feelings of those involved as well as objective recommendations on ethical decision making and, where relevant, guidance from veterinary governing bodies and the law. The advice is framed in the form of veterinary life in the real world, not necessarily an ideal world.\u003cbr\u003e  As well as practical guidance the book takes a step back and explores the different philosophical arguments and standpoints and the resultant solutions and problems of each approach, examining the background and relationship between different philosophical schools of thought, ethics and veterinary care. The book strives to present decision making in response to ethical problems as transparently as possible, employing a range of ethical frameworks.\u003cbr\u003e  The book also challenges the reader about their own decision making in given situations, what factors to consider and how they would achieve certain outcomes.","brand":"5M Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414401884503,"sku":"9781910455685","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781910455685.jpg?v=1730523475"},{"product_id":"situation-specific-theories-development-utilization-and-evaluation-in-nursing-9783030632229","title":"Situation Specific Theories: Development,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book fills the gap in the literature on nursing theories by presenting the background information on situation specific theories such as philosophical bases and current status of situation specific theories and providing a collection of situation specific theories that have been developed. It provides specific guidelines for nursing research and practice, essentials for PhD and DNP students to complete the requirements for their degrees (e.g., dissertation, QI project). In addition, this book can be used in theory courses in other graduate nursing programs that require theoretical bases for their comprehensive exam or scholarly project (e.g., MSN, NP).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThroughout nursing history, nursing theories have evolved within the contexts of changing and emerging theoretical needs of nursing discipline. Subsequently, several different types of nursing theories have been proposed, developed, and used in nursing education, research, and practice. Situation specific theories could be easily adopted and used in nursing practice and research due to their foci on specific populations or particular fields. 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The authors base their arguments on ecological, economic, legal, social and ethical aspects. Moreover, they explore the opportunities, risks, and challenges of bioeconomic concepts and biotechnologies in many subject areas. The chapters consider land use, nature and environment, nutrition, technology and governance, energy, economy, law and regulation, as well as ethics. A special focus should be on new technologies and how they can be used, without compromising the ambitious goal of creating a more sustainable, but also fair world. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTo do justice to this broad array of topics, the editors frame all topics in overarching introductions and close the volume with final conclusions. Thereby this volume offers data and critical thoughts for any member of a Bioeconomy – be it from academia, the industry or public regulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction and Overview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Scientific Introduction [working title] (Ulrich Schurr)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2. Ethical Introduction [working title] (Dirk Lanzerath)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Energy and Land Use\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3. “Global Shifting Agriculture” and Bioeconomy: Challenges for the Sustainable Use of Global Land Resources (Jan Börner)\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4. Sustainable Resources – From Plants to Products (Ralf Pude, C. Wever, T. Kraska)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Nutrition and Food Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  5. 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Readers are challenged to recognize the critical role of social determinants to their perception of health issues, controversies, and possibilities as the book:\u003c\/p\u003e·  Details the epidemiologic evidence regarding social determinants of health.  \u003cp\u003e·  Key ethical implications of the evidence regarding social determinants of health.  \u003c\/p\u003e  ·  Considers the role of risky health behaviors in determining population health outcomes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  ·  Addresses ethical questions of priority-setting at the policy and practice levels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·  Translates social determinants of health into health policy goals.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHalf textbook, half monograph, \u003ci\u003ePublic Health Ethics and the Social Determinants of Health \u003c\/i\u003eIs geared toward students in MPH programs as well as public health professionals in diverse contexts such as local health departments and non-profit organizations. 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In dem Band werden die Ethikberatung, ihre Entwicklung und Anwendung, sowie die Gründung von Gremien in Krankenhäusern, Pflegeeinrichtungen, Hospizen und von niedergelassenen Ärzten anhand von Fallbeispielen erläutert. Dabei schlagen die Autoren eine Brücke zwischen traditioneller philosophischer Ethik und anwendungsbezogener klinischer Ethik. Auch rechtliche Fragen werden erörtert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAus den Rezensionen:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… einem detaillierten Stichwortverzeichnis machen vor allem die klare Gliederung, ein unprätentiöser Stil und ein gelungenes Layout das Werk ...“ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVorwort.- Inhaltsverzeichnis.- Autorenverzeichnis.- Abkürzungsverzeichnis.- 1. Ethikberatung im Gesundheitswesen – zur Einführung.- I Grundlagen von Ethikberatung und Klinischer Ethik.- 2. Klinische Ethik und Ethikberatung.- 3. Ethikberatung und Ethikkomitees in Deutschland.- 4. Philosophische Ethik und Klinische Ethik.- 5. Ethische Fallbesprechung und Supervision.- 6. Professionalisierung und Standardisierung der Ethikberatung.- II Modelle und Beispiele der Implementierung von Ethikberatung.- 7. Medizinethik an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.- 8. Klinisches Ethikkomitee Düsseldorf-Gerresheim.- 9. Implementierung eines Klinischen Ethikkomitees.- 10. Die Einrichtung der Klinischen Ethikberatung am Universitätsklinikum Ulm.- III. Neue Anwendungsfelder und Herausforderungen der Zukunft.- 11. Ethikberatung für Hausärzte bei Patienten am Lebensende.- 12. Ethikberatung in der Altenhilfe.- 13. Ethikberatung im Hospiz.- 14. Rechtliche Fragen der Medizinethik und klinischer Beratung am Lebensende.- 15. 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