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Ethical issues & debates

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Ethical issues & debates

Paperback. A radically new critique of the regulation of abortion, drawing on feminist, legal and social theory. Series: Law & Social Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFMA; JFSJ1; LAB; LND; MBDC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745311678
ISBN
9780745311678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.43

hardcover. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JFSJ1; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542587
ISBN
9780230542587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardcover. Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MBS; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137452719
ISBN
9781137452719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.24

Paperback. First and only undergraduate textbook that addresses the social and ethical issues associated with a wide array of emerging technologies, including genetic modification, human enhancement, geoengineering, robotics, virtual reality, artificial meat, neurotechnologies, information technologies, nanotechnology, sex selection, and more. Editor(s): Sandler, Ronald L. Num Pages: 598 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 192 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230367036
ISBN
9780230367036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.85

Paperback. Traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFM; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074806
ISBN
9780252074806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. A cultural analysis of Dolly, the cloned sheep. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 264 pages, 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JHMC; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339205
ISBN
9780822339205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. This resource helps raise awareness of ethical issues and guides teachers and teacher leaders in approaching difficult ethical dilemmas Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781412970846
ISBN
9781412970846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMN; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195502
ISBN
9781845195502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. An examination of euthanasia and the "right to die" in the context of social, legal and religious settings of a range of countries. The authors use public opinion data to illustrate the disparity between approval of physician-assisted suicide and the general illegality of the practice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691678
ISBN
9780847691678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 69 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594547836
ISBN
9781594547836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 50.74

Hardback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255623
ISBN
9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.84
€ 49.03

Paperback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271210
ISBN
9780520271210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447254577
ISBN
9781447254577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Hardback. Ethical Ripples of Creativity and Innovation coaches responsible creativity, ethical anticipation, and flexible consideration of the future. Readers engage with 22 provocative cases of real-world emerging innovations to consider each innovation's potential beneficial and harmful effects now and into the future. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137505538
ISBN
9781137505538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.35

Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133904
ISBN
9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Features many of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions. This book sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Edition
Third Edition,3
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209039
ISBN
9780872209039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.78

Hardback. This book provides an engaging account of the moral lives of young black South Africans once the struggle against apartheid ended and took away their object of political resistance. Num Pages: 228 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFM; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618916
ISBN
9780230618916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

Paperback. Anne of France (1461-1522) composed these lessons - presented as a portrait of an ideal princess - as guidance in negotiating the pitfalls facing a woman in the world of politics. First English translation. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; JFM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 202 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842934
ISBN
9781843842934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.49

Paperback. Focusing on four different organizations based in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Hartford that help prostitutes get off the streets, this book explores the difficulties, rewards, and public responses to female street prostitutes' transition out of sex work. Num Pages: 218 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770375
ISBN
9780814770375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Hardcover. Focusing on four different organizations based in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Hartford that help prostitutes get off the streets, this book explores the difficulties, rewards, and public responses to female street prostitutes' transition out of sex work. Num Pages: 218 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785881
ISBN
9780814785881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.98

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