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Resources for Ms. Mo-Fish and Ms. Sweeney's seminar, Fall 2020

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Unit 1: Bioethics, Genetic testing and the burden of knowledge

Databases

Websites:

"Bioethics", Pew Research Center
Overviews and reports incorporating statistics on a range of bioethics topics, from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Genetics and Reproductive Medicine
Includes subchapters on: Genetic Testing and Counseling, Genetic Testing for Reproductive Decision Making, Third Party Access to Genetic Information, and Forensic Genetics

Books

Choosing Well by Rachel Haliburton; Rebecca Vendetti
ISBN: 9781773382913
Publication Date: 2021-12-30
The Global Bioethics of Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights by Dominique J. Monlezun
ISBN: 9781527550315
Human Genetics and Ethics
ISBN: 9781925339666

Unit 2: Dignity of life (repro technology, gender, race, euthanasia)

Databases

Websites:

Books

Reproductive Ethics by Justin Healey
ISBN: 9781925339840
Abortion Care As Moral Work by Johanna Schoen (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813597270
Publication Date: 2022-06-30
The Assisted Reproduction of Race by Camisha A. Russell
ISBN: 9780253035820
Publication Date: 2018-12-06
The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics by Christopher Kaczor
ISBN: 9781402031557
Publication Date: 2005-05-17
Defense of Dignity by Christopher Kaczor
ISBN: 9780268033262
Publication Date: 2013-05-31
Life Liberty and the Defense of Dignity by Leon Kass
ISBN: 9781594030475
Publication Date: 2003-12-31

Unit 3: Biotechnology, Enhancement

Databases

Websites:

"Human Enhancement:The Scientific and Ethical Dimensions of Striving for Perfection" Pew Research

Books

Human Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate by Julian Savulescu (Editor); Nick Bostrom (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199299720
Publication Date: 2009-03-25
The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement by Fabrice Jotterand (Editor); Marcello. Ienca (Editor)
ISBN: 9780367615796
Publication Date: 2023-07-19
The Ethics of Human Enhancement by Steve Clarke (Editor); Julian Savulescu (Editor); Tony Coady (Editor); Alberto. Giubilini (Editor); Sagar Sanyal (Editor)
ISBN: 9780198754855
Publication Date: 2016-12-20
Spiritualities, Ethics, and Implications of Human Enhancement and Artificial Intelligence by Christopher Hrynkow (Editor); Ray Kurzweil; Tracy J. Trothen
ISBN: 9781622738236
Publication Date: 2020-03-02
Progress and Controversy by Scientific American Editors
ISBN: 9781948933032
Publication Date: 2022-07-30

Unit 4: Mental Health Bioethics

Databases

"Involuntary Mental Health Treatment", Opposing Viewpoints, Gale in Context

Websites:

Books

Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use by David B. Cooper (Editor)
ISBN: 9781498767231
Publication Date: 2017-05-10
Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care by Dominic A. Sisti (Editor); Arthur L. Caplan (Editor); Hila Rimon-Greenspan (Editor); Paul S. Appelbaum (Foreword by); Charles E. Rosenberg
ISBN: 9780262525015
Publication Date: 2013-09-20
Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws by Bernadette McSherry (Editor); Penny Weller (Editor)
ISBN: 9781849460835
Publication Date: 2010-08-16