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Tollefsen, Christopher.

Biomedical research and beyond : expanding the ethics of inquiry / Christopher O. Tollefsen. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xii, 229 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge annals of bioethics ; 5 . - Routledge annals of bioethics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-223) and index.

Is there an ethics of inquiry? -- Core concepts in the ethics of inquiry -- Questions of consent -- Fairness and truth-telling -- The ethics of human embryo research -- Animal research and animal rights -- Coercion, torture, enhancement, and the inviolability of the person -- The scientific profession and the state -- Science and the sovereignty of the state -- Humanistic and journalistic inquiry and the state -- The vocation, practice, and progress of inquiry -- The virtues of inquiry.

ISBN: 9780415961165 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415961165 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780203930342 (ebk) 0203930347 (ebk)

LCCN: 2007036109

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101315453 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Biology--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Biomedical Research--ethics.

LC Class. No.: R852 / .T54 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 174.2