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Making Babies: Biomedical Technologies, Reproductive Ethics, and Public Policy
De Inmaculada Melo-Martin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
Each year, roughly a million new cases of cancer appear in the US, and more than 500,000 Americans die annually of premature death. Although medical progress has slowed cancer mortality, its incidence is increasing roughly six times faster than cancer mortality is decreasing. Breast cancer, in particular, has been increasing about one percent each year since 1973. At least two of the factors responsible for this surge in breast cancer are women's use of medically-prescribed synthetic hormones and the exposure of the entire population to chemicals such as dioxin. Both exposures increase the likelihood of breast cancer. Although many ethicists ... Read more
Each year, roughly a million new cases of cancer appear in the US, and more than 500,000 Americans die annually of premature death. Although medical progress has slowed cancer mortality, its incidence is increasing roughly six times faster than cancer mortality is decreasing. Breast cancer, in particular, has been increasing about one percent each year since 1973. At least two of the factors responsible for this surge in breast cancer are women's use of medically-prescribed synthetic hormones and the exposure of the entire population to chemicals such as dioxin. Both exposures increase the likelihood of breast cancer. Although many ethicists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048150427
SKU
V9789048150427
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Reviews for Making Babies: Biomedical Technologies, Reproductive Ethics, and Public Policy
`This is a very interesting and richly documented book.' Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2:1 (1999)