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Martin Heidegger (2001)
Book Chapter
James, S. P. (2001). Martin Heidegger. In 50 Environmental Thinkers (189-94). Routledge

Ethics of Statistics in Genetics. (2001)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (2001). Ethics of Statistics in Genetics. In D. Balding, C. Cannings, & M. Bishop (Eds.), Handbook of Statistical Genetics (697-720.). John Wiley and Sons

Clinical Ethics Committees in the UK: First Wave, Shock Wave, Second Wave? (2001)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2001). Clinical Ethics Committees in the UK: First Wave, Shock Wave, Second Wave?. In G. Lebeer, & M. Moulin (Eds.), Ethical Function on Hospital Ethics Committees 2: Working Papers in Workshop 2 of the Biomed II Concerted Action (17-32.). University of Bruxelles

Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw (2001)
Book
Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2001). Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw. Oxford University Press

The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in bioethical debate and, indeed, in international instruments concerned with biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetori... Read More about Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw.

The Ethics of Social Risk Reduction in the Era of the Biological Brain (2001)
Journal Article
Schrecker, T., Acosta, L., Somerville, M. A., & Bursztajn, H. (2001). The Ethics of Social Risk Reduction in the Era of the Biological Brain. Social Science & Medicine, 52(11), 1677-1687. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536%2800%2900281-1

In keeping with our transdisciplinary orientation, in this article we try to do several things at once. We address research on preventing mental illness and its relation to existing conceptions of public health, a topic to which insufficient attentio... Read More about The Ethics of Social Risk Reduction in the Era of the Biological Brain.

Making 'bad' deaths 'good': The kinship consequences of posthumous conception (2001)
Journal Article
Simpson, R. (2001). Making 'bad' deaths 'good': The kinship consequences of posthumous conception. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 7(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.00047

Recent developments in assisted reproduction mean that a child may now be born long after its father's demise. Acts of posthumous conception raise a host of complex ethical and social issues. The article draws attention to these by means of an analys... Read More about Making 'bad' deaths 'good': The kinship consequences of posthumous conception.