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…. In the US, President Clinton asked the National Bioethics Advisory Commission to write a report recommending what the country should do about cloning. The commission reported that it is morally unacceptable for anyone to attempt to create a child using cloning…

…: situation in which a woman believes that she cannot leave an abusive situation. 45. behavior therapy: approach to treating depression based on increasing the number of rewards or reinforcements in the environment. 46. bioethics: study of the interface between…

…. This text again provided information on the publicly excepted principles of bioethics dealing with assisted suicide. Discussions of Euthanasia and the Care of Dying Patients dealt with the controversial beliefs on whether or not an individual is competent enough…

…. David and Rosner, Fred. Jewish Bioethics. Hebrew Publishing Company. Brooklyn, NY, 1985. Brock, Dan W. "Voluntary Active Euthanasia: An Overview and a Defense." Excerpted from "Voluntary Active Euthanasia," Hastings Center Report22 (March / April 1992…

…. Moreover, it is not clear from the literature whether one even need be human to qualify as a stakeholder. The Australian philosopher Peter Singer (who is now head of Princeton's bioethics program) has argued that dogs and human beings have the same number…

…science in biomedicine and biotechnology, Nature organized a conference together with the British Council in Paris. In the journal's own words "The biggest challenge facing those who have to grapple with bioethical issues is to find more sophisticated ways…

…would ensure that ethical issues are fully debated before there are any efforts to clone humans. Citing the cloning of an adult sheep in Scotland, Clinton asked the National Bioethics Advisory Commission last week to review the ramifications that cloning…

…and Values in Social Work, 2nd edition, Hampshire, Palgrave. Beauchamp, T. (1996) 'The Role of Principles in Practical Ethics', in L.Sumner and S. Boyle (eds), Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, pp 79-95. Biestek, F…

…and prolonged high-tech death. For the physicians who did the study, it "casts a pall" over claims that the experts can reform themselves. Reflection on such cases in techno-scientific medicine have transformed medical ethics into what is now called bioethics…

…is the Disease? (Online). Available: URL: med.upenn.edu/~bioethics/genetics/articles/caplan.gene.therapy.html. (2000, May 2). Challoner, J. (1999) The Baby Makers: The History of Artificial Conception. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Dawkins, R. (1999) (Ed…