The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals
- ISBN-10
- 0521478073
- ISBN-13
- 9780521478076
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-06-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Bernard E. Rollin
Description
This book is unlike others on the emotionally charged subject of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals. Nontechnical and anecdotal, it attempts to inform, not inflame, the reader about the problems society must address.
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