Emerging technologies : from hindsight to foresight / edited by Edna F. Einsiedel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Einsiedel, Edna F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology.

Genomics.

Nanotechnology.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How should we think about these radical technologies? Too often our social reactions to new technologies occur only in hindsight, after a technology has penetrated the marketplace. However, recent experience teaches that much may be gained by practising forethought and foresight. Emerging Technologies addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications. Contributors examine the development, impact, and governance of new technologies emerging from a variety of fields, including biotechnology, genetics, stem cell research, pharmacology, and nanotechnology.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Making Sense of Emerging Technologies

Hindsight Learnings

GM Foods in Hindsight

Patentable Subject Matter: Who Owns What Knowledge?

Patents in the Public Sphere: Public Perceptions and Biotechnology Patents

Foresight Applications

(Transgenic) Animal Farm

Of Biotechnology and Blind Chickens

Transgenic Salmon: Regulatory Oversight of an Anticipated Technology

Fields of Pharmas: Plant Molecular Farming

The Emerging Technology of Plant Molecular Farming

Policy and Regulatory Challenges for Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals in the United States

Forestalling Liabilities? Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Development

In the Stem Cell Fields

When Human Dignity Is Not Enough: Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning in Canada

Drugs-Up Close and Personal: Engaging Pharmacogenomics

Banking on Trust: Issues of Informed Consent in Pharmacogenetic Research

Pharmacogenomic Promises: Reflections on Semantics, Genohype, and Global Justice

Envisioning Race and Medicine: BiDil and the Insufficient Match between Social Groups and Genotypes

Is Small Really Beautiful? Does Size Matter? Nanotechnologies

Nanotechnology and Human Imagination

Nanotechnology: The Policy Challenges

Governance Challenges and Emerging Technologies

Technology, Democracy, and Ethics: Democratic Deficit and the Ethics of Public Engagement

Impact Assessments and Emerging Technologies: From Precaution to "Smart Regulation"?

Technology Ownership and Governance: An Alternative View of IPRs

Conclusion: Reflections on Emerging Technologies

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45728-4

9786612457289

0-7748-1550-7

OCLC:

503070617