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Article: Biomedical Technology and Human Rights.
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- Theological Studies
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- September 1, 1994
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By Eugene B. Brody Brookfield, Ver.: Dartmouth Publishing, 1993, Pp. xiii + 312. $39.95.
In the mid-1980s, UNESCO initiated two interdisciplinary studies concerned with the implications of recent advancements in science and technology for the protection and promotion of human rights. The first, entrusted to the International Social Science Council, focused on broad issues arising in the clinical and biomedical sciences; it surveyed developments in areas such as genetics, neurophysiology, psychiatry, and the practice of organ transplantation. The second, undertaken by the World Federation for Mental Health, studied the impact of recently developed reproductive ...