Overview
Deals with an issue with great national and global relevance
Offers a distinctly sociological take on mitochondrial donation
Provides a unique insight into an important and ethically-challenging topic
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- reproductive technology
- genetic technology
- biopolitics
- socio-legal studies
- Mitochondrial donation
- Science-religion
- Boundary-work
- Biomedical politics
- Three-parent babies
- Sociotechnical imaginaries
- Enacting ethical futures
- Bioethics
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Crispr/Cas9
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Neil Stephens is a sociologist and Science and Technology Studies scholar at Brunel University London, UK. His research interests include embryo politics, tissue engineering, and robotic surgery.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legalising Mitochondrial Donation
Book Subtitle: Enacting Ethical Futures in UK Biomedical Politics
Authors: Rebecca Dimond, Neil Stephens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74645-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74644-9Published: 03 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74645-6Published: 21 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 147
Topics: Medical Sociology, Bioethics, History of Science, Social Policy, Philosophy of Technology