Biomedical ethics : [electronic resource] opposing viewpoints / Julie S. Bach, book editor, Susan Bursell & Bonnie Szumski, assistant editors.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Genetic engineering will revolutionize society / Sharon McAuliffe & Kathleen McAuliffe -- Genetic engineering may threaten humanity / Jeremy Rifkin -- Genetic engineering poses great risks / Michael W. Fox -- Concern over genetic engineering risks is unfounded / David Baltimore, an interview -- Government and science can adequately regulate biotechnology / Ralph W.F. Hardy & David J. Glass -- Government biotechnology controls are not sufficient / Gina Maranto -- Organ transplants save lives / Current Health 2 -- Organ transplants are destroying human values / Malcolm Muggeridge --Purchasing organs is unethical / Thomas H. Murray -- Purchasing organs is practical / Fern Schumer Chapman, Emanuel Thorne & Gilah Langner -- The artificial heart should be used / Harry Schwartz -- The artificial heart should not be used / B.D. Colen -- Artificial insemination by donor should be restricted / Charles Meyer -- Artificial insemination by donor should be allowed / The Ethics Committee of the American Fertility Society -- Surrogate motherhood should be permitted / Alan A. Rassaby -- Surrogate motherhood should not be permitted / George J. Annas -- Destroying human embryos is immoral / David T. Ozar -- Destroying human embryos is acceptable / Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer -- The case for animal experimentation / Michael Allen Fox -- The case against animal experimentation / Tom Regan -- Animal rights may take precedence over human needs / Lawrence Finsen -- Animal rights should not take precedence over human needs / Tibor R. Machan -- The profit motive improves health care / L. John Wilkerson -- The profit motive harms health care / David Hilfiker -- The poor should have equal access to health care / Joseph Meissner -- Equal access to health care is impossible / E. Haavi Morreim -- Health care should focus on the patient / Roger S. Jones & Lawrence LeShan -- Focusing on the patient is not enough / Lewis Thomas.