Bioethics Books

New and Published Books

1. Barcoding Nature

   Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss

   By Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis, Brian Wynne

   Series: Genetics and Society

   DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism’s genome (a so-called ‘micro-genome’) can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination

   By Thomas Lemke

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this "genetic discrimination" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems with...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. Biometrics

   Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

   By Joseph Pugliese

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Biometric technologies, such as finger- or facial-scan, are being deployed across a variety of social contexts in order to facilitate and guarantee identity verification and authentication. In the post-9/11 world, biometric technologies have experienced an extraordinary period of growth as concerns...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Handbook of Genetics & Society

   Mapping the New Genomic Era

   Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock

   Series: Genetics and Society

   An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics,...

   Published July 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. The International Legal Governance of the Human Genome

   By Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy

   Series: Genetics and Society

   The human genome is a well known symbol of scientific and technological progress in the 21st century. However, concerns about the exacerbation of inequalities between the rich and the poor, the developing and the developed states, the healthy and the unhealthy are causing problems for the progress...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
6. Local Cells, Global Science

   The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India

   By Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner

   Series: Genetics and Society

   One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells, and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India. Documenting the impact of local and global governance...

   Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge
7. Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances

   Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk

   By Aviad E. Raz

   Series: Genetics and Society

   Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options....

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Value of Transnational Medical Research

   Labour, Participation and Care

   Edited by Ann Kelly, P. Wenzel Geissler

   What is the value of medical research? With contributions from anthropologists, sociologists and activists, this approach brings into focus the forms of value – social, epistemic, and economic – that are involved in medical research practices and how these values intersect with everyday living....

   Published January 31st 2012 by Routledge
9. Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility

   Edited by Nancy M.P. King, Michael J Hyde

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility explores the role of democratically oriented argument in promoting public understanding and discussion of the benefits and burdens of biotechnological progress. The contributors examine moral and policy controversies surrounding biomedical...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
10. The Politics of Bioethics

    By Alan Petersen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

    Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances in cloning techniques, the harvesting of embryonic stem cells for research, increasing use of...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge