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Altruism Reconsidered

Exploring New Approaches to Property in Human Tissue

By: Peter Sýkora,Urban Wiesing

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Altruism Reconsidered

Exploring New Approaches to Property in Human Tissue

By: Peter Sýkora,Urban Wiesing

As the use of human body parts has become increasingly commercialized, a need has arisen for new approaches to regulation that moves beyond the paradigm of altruism. During the course of this discussion, the notion of property has become a key concept. Focusing on practical and conceptual perspectives, the multidisciplinary group of authors, which includes specialists in philosophy, law, sociology, biology and medicine, have come together with practicing lawyers to consider both legal provisions and patterns of regulation in countries across Europe. Identifying divergences between different legal traditions, the authors explore various conceptual models which could be used to improve and to guide policy making. With this twin focus on practical and conceptual perspectives, this volume sets the standard for a detailed and innovative discussion of issues surrounding the regulation of research on human tissue.

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1317182499

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Issues in Medical Research Ethics

By: Jürgen Boomgaarden,Pekka Louhiala,Urban Wiesing

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Issues in Medical Research Ethics

By: Jürgen Boomgaarden,Pekka Louhiala,Urban Wiesing

With the advances of medicine, questions of medical ethics have become more urgent and are now considered of great social and political significance. An innovatively designed, activity-based workbook, this text was prepared using papers and case studies collected from several countries in the European Union. It reflects the issues and concerns that confront clinical practitioners throughout Europe and elsewhere today and presents varying national responses in law and policy to these concerns, as identified by ethicists, lawyers, theologians and practitioners. The problems they examine include the relationship between medical research and medical practice, elementary regulations of medical research, the complexity of informed consent, and the role of the sponsor or scientific community.

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Berghahn Books

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1789203740

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Altruism Reconsidered

Exploring New Approaches to Property in Human Tissue

By: Peter Sýkora,Urban Wiesing

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Exploring New Approaches to Property in Human Tissue

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Issues in Medical Research Ethics

By: Jürgen Boomgaarden,Pekka Louhiala,Urban Wiesing

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By: Jürgen Boomgaarden,Pekka Louhiala,Urban Wiesing

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Genetics and Insurance

By: T. McGleenan,Urban Wiesing,François Ewald

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Genetics and Insurance

By: T. McGleenan,Urban Wiesing,François Ewald

The use of genetic screening and testing techniques in relation to life and health insurance raises serious legal and ethical issues. Pressure is now mounting for legislative responses to the perceived threats. Genetics and Insurance addresses the issues at the heart of this debate and provides an analytical framework on which to shape policy." "Genetics and Insurance offers practical guidance to geneticists, medical and bio-ethicists, philosophers, insurance company representatives, and policy makers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Bios Scientific Pub Limited

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0387915958

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Urban Design Guidance

Urban Design Frameworks, Development Briefs and Master Plans

By: Robert Cowan

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Urban Design Guidance

Urban Design Frameworks, Development Briefs and Master Plans

By: Robert Cowan

The publication of the Green Paper on Planning has magnified the significance of urban design frameworks, development briefs and master plans. Despite general recognition that making places socially, economically and environmentally successful depends on high standards of urban design, there is less understanding of how good design can be delivered. The challenge is to influence the development process, not only on high profile sites, but wherever urban change is reshaping places.

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Thomas Telford

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0727731351

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Pathways to Urban Sustainability

A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region

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Pathways to Urban Sustainability

A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region

The workshop was convened to explore the region's approach to urban sustainability, with an emphasis on building the evidence base upon which new policies and programs might be developed. Participants examined how the interaction of various systems (natural and human systems; energy, water, and transportation systems) affected the region's social, economic, and environmental conditions. The objectives of the workshop were as follows: - Discuss ways that regional actors are approaching sustainability- specifically, how they are attempting to merge environmental, social, and economic objectives. - Share information about ongoing activities and strategic planning efforts, including lessons learned. - Examine the role that science, technology, and research can play in supporting efforts to make the region more sustainable. - Explore how federal agency efforts, particularly interagency partnerships, can complement or leverage the efforts of other key stakeholders. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region: Summary of a Workshop was designed to explore the complex challenges facing sustainability efforts in the Houston metropolitan region and innovative approaches to addressing them, as well as performance measures to gauge success and opportunities to link knowledge with action. In developing the agenda, the planning committee chose topics that were timely and cut across the concerns of individual institutions, reflecting the interests of a variety of stakeholders. Panelists were encouraged to share their perspectives on a given topic; however, each panel was designed to provoke discussion that took advantage of the broad experience of the participants.

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National Academies Press

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0309313465

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Pathways to Urban Sustainability

Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest: Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on Portland

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Pathways to Urban Sustainability

Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest: Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on Portland

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program in May 2013 to examine issues relating to sustainability and human-environment interactions in the Portland metropolitan region. Topics addressed included the role of land-use restrictions on development, transportation innovations, and economic and social challenges. The speakers at the workshop used examples from Portland and the greater Pacific Northwest region to explore critical questions in finding pathways to urban sustainability. This was the third and final of a series of three place-based urban sustainability workshops - the other two workshops focused on Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. These public workshops gathered local, state, and federal officials, academics, and key stakeholders to examine how challenges due to continued growth in the regions can be addressed within the context of sustainability. For more than 40 years, the Portland Metropolitan Region has been a national leader in urban policies and investments intended to revitalize the central city and adjacent neighborhoods, preserve the environment, improve equity, and make the city more economically competitive and livable. Portland has been both emulated as path breaking and discounted as overly idiosyncratic. Among the elements contributing to Portland's success have been strong public-private partnerships, a culture of planning, and a willingness to implement diverse ideas generated by federal, state, and local agencies, academics, and the private sector. Regionally, Portland benefits from its location in the middle of the progressive Cascadia Corridor, stretching from Vancouver, British Columbia, to San Francisco, California. This report uses examples from Portland and the Northwest U.S./S.W. Canada region to explore critical questions about the future of urban sustainability. The report provides background about Portland and Cascadia, emphasizing policy innovations and lessons that are potentially transferable elsewhere; focuses on ways to leverage local success through partnerships with state and federal agencies, companies, and nongovernment organizations; examines academic and corporate scientific and engineering research that could help cities to become more sustainable; and addresses the challenging question of how resource-constrained cities can become agents for achieving broader societal goals not directly linked to their operational mandates, such as climate change mitigation, energy independence, and improvement in human health, particularly in low-income communities.

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0309300843

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9780309300841

The Urban Condition

Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis

By: Ghent Urban Studies Team

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The Urban Condition

Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis

By: Ghent Urban Studies Team

What does the Western city at the end of the twentieth century look like? How did the modern metropolis of congestion and density turn into a posturban or even postsuburban cityscape? What are edge cities and technoburbs? How has the social composition of cities changed in the postwar era? What do gated communities tell us about social fragmentation? Is public space in the contemporary city being privatized and militarized? How can the urban self still be defined? What role does consumer aestheticism have to play in this? These and many more questions are addressed by this uniquely conceived multidisciplinary study. The Urban Condition seeks to interfere in current debates over the future and interpretation of our urban landscapes by reuniting studies of the city as a physical and material phenomenon and as a cultural and mental (arte)fact. The Ghent Urban Studies Team responsible for the writing and editing of this volume is directed by Kristiaan Versluys and Dirk De Meyer at the University of Ghent, Belgium. It is an interdisciplinary research team of young academics that further consists of Kristiaan Borret, Bart Eeckhout, Steven Jacobs, and Bart Keunen. The collective expertise of GUST ranges from architectural theory, urban planning, and art history to philosophy, literary criticism and cultural theory.

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010 Publishers

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Altruism Reconsidered

Altruism Reconsidered

Issues in Medical Research Ethics

Issues in Medical Research Ethics

Altruism Reconsidered

Altruism Reconsidered

Issues in Medical Research Ethics

Issues in Medical Research Ethics

Genetics and Insurance

Genetics and Insurance

Urban Design Guidance

Urban Design Guidance

Pathways to Urban Sustainability

Pathways to Urban Sustainability

Pathways to Urban Sustainability

Pathways to Urban Sustainability

The Urban Condition

The Urban Condition

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