Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jotterand, Fabrice (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 101
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of Technology.

This volume provides a critical overview of the nature of nanotechnology (and its applications in the biomedical sciences, i.e. bionanotechnology) and the philosophical and ethico-legal issues it raises. This collection of thirteen articles represents an exploration by scholars from various discipli...