Biotechnology: Assessing Social Impacts And Policy Implications; Author: Other Webber, David J.; Hardback; Book

Author: Other Webber, David J.
Series#:260; Contributions in Psychology,; Hardback; Book
239 pages
Published: October 1990
Greenwood Press
ISBN: 0313274541

The social, ethical, economic, legal, and political aspects of the biotechnological revolution are examined in 14 essays written by leading researchers in the field. These investigations ofthe technically and politically complex policy issues facing academic, business, agricultural, and medical institutions as well as policy makers at local, state, and national levels, anticipate an array of social, economic, and institutional consequences that will occur in coming decades if biotechnology gains wide acceptance.Defining biotechnology as any technique that uses living organisms or processes to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop micro-organisms, this collection of essays focuses on the social, ethical, economic, legal and political aspects of biotechnological applications.