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This edition is a complete revision of the Dartmouth Medal-winning set first published in 1995. Covering a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment, the set helps researchers to consider the impact of new scientific knowledge and its potential to harm or benefit present and future generations. All bibliographies have been updated and new entries added - from cloning, to issues of privacy or censorship on the Web, cell-stem research, same-sex marriage, privatization of water access, animal rights and much more.
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EE N N CC Y Y CC LL O O PP EE D D II A A O O FF BIOETHICS 3 RD EDITION • EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephen G. Post Case Western Reserve University EDITORIAL BOARD David Barnard University of Pittsburgh Dena S. Davis Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Eric T. Juengst Case Western Reserve University Kenneth F. Schaffner George Washington University Bonnie Steinbock State University of New York, Albany Leonard J. Weber University of Detroit Mercy Stuart J. Youngner Case Western Reserve University FOUNDING EDITOR Warren T. Reich Loretta M. Kopelman Eastern Carolina University ASSOCIATE EDITOR Maxwell J. Mehlman Case Western Reserve University Mark P. Aulisio Case Western Reserve University • E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F BIOETHICS 3 RD EDITION E DITE D BY STEPHEN G . POST VOLU M E 4 N–S Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd edition Stephen G. Post Editor in Chief ©2004 by Macmillan Reference USA. Macmillan Reference USA is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Macmillan Reference USA™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used her