| Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
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Philosophy and medicine ; 101 |
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Philosophy and medicine ; 101.
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| Contents |
Beyond feasibility / Fabrice Jotterand -- World view of nanotechnology, philosophical reflections / Andreas Woyke -- Nanomachine / Xavier Guchet and Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent -- No future for nanotechnology? / Alfred Nordmann -- Bionanotechnology / Christoph Baumgartner -- Nanoparticles / Armin Grunwald -- Anticipating the unknown / Joseph C. Pitt -- Applications of nanotechnology in the biomedical sciences / Audy G. Whitman [and others] -- Nanobiotechnology and ethics / Alexandra Plows and Michael Reinsborough -- Allotropes of fieldwork in nanotechnology / Christopher Kelty -- Law, regulation and the medical use of nanotechnology / Kenneth A. Deville -- Stage two enhancements / George Khushf -- Nanotechnology, the body and mind / M. Ellen Mitchell -- Nanotechnology and human flourishing / Ronald Sandler |
| Summary |
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 disciplines (philosophy, anthropology, law, social sciences, psychology, and natural sciences) in North America and Europe. The book contains four major parts respectively entitled 1) Knowledge Production in Nanotechnoscience; 2) Ethics and (Bio)Nanotechnology; 3) Public Policy and (Bio)Nanotechnology; and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Nanomedicine.
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Nanotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Ethics.
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Philosophy.
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Nanomedicine -- ethics
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Nanomedicine -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Nanomedicine
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Ethics, Medical
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Ethics
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Philosophy
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ethics (philosophy)
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philosophy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
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Nanomedicine.
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Nanotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Nanomedicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jotterand, Fabrice, 1967-
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| ISBN |
9781402086496 |
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1402086490 |
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