Emerging conceptual, ethical and policy issues in bionanotechnology /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Fabrice Jotterand.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (264 pages) :
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illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Philosophy and medicine ;
Volume Designation
101
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume provides a critical overview of the nature of nanotechnology (and its applications in the biomedical sciences, i.e. bionanotechnology) and the philosophical and ethico-legal issues it raises. This collection of thirteen articles represents an exploration by scholars from various disciplines (philosophy, anthropology, law, social sciences, psychology, and natural sciences) in North America and Europe. The book contains four major parts respectively entitled 1) Knowledge Production in Nanotechnoscience; 2) Ethics and (Bio)Nanotechnology; 3) Public Policy and (Bio)Nanotechnology; and.
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Springer
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978-1-4020-8648-9
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Title
Emerging conceptual, ethical and policy issues in bionanotechnology.