Genetically modified athletes : biomedical ethics, gene doping and sport / Andy Miah.
Series: Ethics and sportPublication details: London ; New York: Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 208 pages)ISBN:- 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
- RC1230 .M52 2004eb
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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.