Stem Cells, Human Embryos and Ethics Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

Is it acceptable from an ethical point of view to use stem cells from human embryos for scientific research and clinical therapy? And what are the weaknesses and strengths of various opinions and positions when they are critically evaluated? These are the main problems dealt with in this book. The v...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Østnor, Lars (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Biological and Medical Perspectives
  • The Moral Status of Human Embryos with Special Regard to Stem Cell Research and Therapy
  • Stem Cells: Sources and Clinical Applications
  • Alternative Means to Obtain Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Neurogenesis and Potential Use of Stem Cells from Adult Human Brain
  • Can We Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Brain and Spinal Cord Injury and Disease?
  • Stem Cells, Embryos and Ethics: Is There a Way Forward?
  • Social and Political Perspectives
  • An Intercultural Perspective on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Human Embryo Research: The European Perspective
  • Stem Cells, Pluralism and Moral Empathy
  • Philosophical Perspectives
  • The Potentiality Argument and Stem Cell Research
  • Can the Distinction between the Moral and the Descriptive Support a Full Moral Standing of an Embryo?
  • The Beginning of Individual Human Life
  • Embryonic Stem Cell Research – Arguments of the Ethical Debate in Germany
  • The Question of Human Cloning in the Context of the Stem Cell Debate
  • Theological Perspectives
  • Stem Cells from Human Embryos for Research? The Theological Discussion Within Christianity
  • Theological Arguments in the Human Stem Cell Debate: A Critical Evaluation
  • Human Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells – Ethical Aspects.