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Ethics in biomedical research: international perspective.

Biomedical research has a long and sometimes horrifying history, as marginalized group after marginalized group has been used as lab rats or subjects of brutal and senseless experimentation, whether psychological, medical or surgical. This makes the leading question under debate here, which is why "bother" with ethics in biomedical research even more interesting. The 15 essays answer on various levels in various ways, covering issues of vulnerability in the introduction and moving to facts and fears concerning biomedical involvement, including new perspectives from developed and developing countries; research and technology as answers and questions, including whether to produce genetically modifies organisms with public health in mind, rare genetic disorders, and embryo research; and vulnerability, power and responsibility, including issues of infectious diseases, new vulnerabilities added to the old ones by research, and some alternatives to biomedical research. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)