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Genetically modified athletes : biomedical ethics, gene doping and sport /

Miah, Andy

Genetically modified athletes : biomedical ethics, gene doping and sport / Andy Miah. - London ; New York: Routledge, 2004 - 1 online resource (xviii, 208 pages) - Ethics and sport .

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Article Abstract: Continuing controversy over gene therapies, stem cell research and the genetic modification of organisms demonstrates how new genetic research is forcing a reappraisal of our most established value systems. In the world of sport, leading authorities predict that the genetic engineering of athletes will be widespread by the 2004 Olympics. This book will be the first to examine the profound ethical issues raised by the use of genetic technologies in sport, an area of human activity in which the natural biological and physiological capacities of the body are central. In an already complex area, do.

0203643283 9780203643280


Doping in sports - Moral and ethical aspects
Sports medicine - Moral and ethical aspects
Doping in Sports - ethics
Genetic Enhancement - ethics
Dopage dans les sports - Aspect moral
Manipulations g�en�etiques - Aspect moral
G�en�etique m�edicale - Aspect moral
M�edecine du sport - Aspect moral
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Business Ethics
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical genetics - Moral and ethical aspects
Genetische manipulatie
Doping
Sportgeneeskunde
Ethische aspecten
Dopage
Bio�ethique
Sport
G�en�etique m�edicale
Manipulation g�en�etique
G�enie g�en�etique

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