MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01512nam a22003618a 4500
001 2008037854
003 DLC
005 20080903145006.0
008 080826s2009 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008037854
020 $a9780801892639 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0801892635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNLM)101482540
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRA418.5.M4$bM45 2009
060 10 $aW 82$bM498p 2009
082 00 $a610$222
100 1 $aMehlman, Maxwell J.
245 14 $aThe price of perfection :$bindividualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement /$cMaxwell J. Mehlman.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0908
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSelf-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decision-making -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.
650 0 $aMedical innovations$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aPerfection$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aSocial medicine.
650 0 $aBioethics.
650 12 $aBiomedical Enhancement.
650 22 $aDecision Making.
650 22 $aDoping in Sports.
650 22 $aSocial Identification.