The human embryonic stem cell debate : science, ethics, and public policy / edited by Suzanne Holland, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth.

Contributor Holland, Suzanne.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001.

Descriptionxxvii, 257 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:"A Bradford book."

Note:Includes index.

Note:Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part 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.

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