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The human embryonic stem cell debate : science, ethics, and public policy
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The human embryonic stem cell debate : science, ethics, and public policy

Author: Suzanne Holland; Karen Lebacqz; Laurie Zoloth
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
Series: Basic bioethics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Suzanne Holland; Karen Lebacqz; Laurie Zoloth
ISBN: 0262082993 9780262082990 0262582082 9780262582087
OCLC Number: 46472298
Notes: "A Bradford book."
Includes index.
Description: xxvii, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: I. The science and background of human embryonic stem cells --
Human embryonic stem cells: a primer on the technology and its medical applications / Thomas B. Okarma --
Human embryonic stem cells / James A. Thomson --
The stem cell debate in historical context / John C. Fletcher --
II Raising the ethical issues --
On the ethics and politics of embryonic stem cell research / Erik Parens --
Human embryonic stem cell research: comments on the NBAC report / Francoise Baylis --
NBAC's arguments on embryo research: strengths and weaknesses / John C. Fletcher --
Beyond the embryo: a feminist appraisal of the embryonic stem cell debate / Suzanne Holland --
III. Angles of vision --
Stem cell research --
A Jewish perspective / Elliot N. Dorff --
The ethics of the eighth day: jewish bioethics and research on human embryonic stem cells / Laurie Zoloth --
Roman catholic views on research involving human embryonic stem cells / Margaret A. Farley --
Human embryonic stem cells: possible approaches from a catholic perspective / Michael M. Mendiola --
Embryonic stem cells and the theology of dignity / Ted Peters --
Some protestant reflections / Gilbert Meilaender --
On the elusive nature of respect / Karen Lebacqz --
Ethical issues: A secular perspective / Ernle W.D. Young --
IV Public discourse, oversight, and the role of research in society --
From the micro to the macro / Thomas A. Shannon --
"Expert Bioethics" as professional discourse: the case of stem cells / Paul Root Wolpe, Glenn McGee --
Stem cells: shaping the future in public policy / Margaret R. McLean --
Leaps and boundaries: expanding oversight of human stem cell research / Cynthia B. Cohen --
Jordan's banks: a view from the first years of human embryonic stem cell research / Laurie Zoloth.
Series Title: Basic bioethics.
Responsibility: edited by Suzanne Holland, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth.

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