Legalising Mitochondrial Donation: Enacting Ethical Futures in UK Biomedical Politics

By Rebecca Dimond and Neil Stephens

Book Overview

1. Mitochondrial donation and UK biomedical politics.- 2. Contesting mitochondrial donation: the cluster for.- 3. Contesting mitochondrial donation: the cluster against.- 4. Policy work and legitimacy at Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and the Department of Health.- 5. Campaigning: contested meanings, patient-families, and last minute labours.- 6. The parliamentary debates.- 7. Enacting ethical futures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319746448
• ISBN13: 9783319746449
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"