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The Pursuit of Perfection: The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement
by Rothman, Sheila M & David J Rothman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679439803
- ISBN 13
- 9780679439806
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 292 pages plus section of black and white photographs on glossy stock. From dust jacket: "What does it mean to live in a time when medical science can not only cure the human body but also reshape it? How should we as individuals and as a society respond to new drugs and genetic technologies?... The (authors) reveal what happens when physicians view patients' unhappiness and dissatisfaction with their bodies - short stature, thunder thighs, aging - as though they were diseases to be treated... It lays bare the always complicated and sometimes compromised positions of science, medicine and commerce." Edgewear, bumped head and heel of spine. There is a waterstain to the inside top spine area of the dust jacket. Slightly cocked spine, small spot on blank fep. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006410
- Title
- The Pursuit of Perfection: The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement
- Author
- Rothman, Sheila M & David J Rothman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0679439803
- ISBN 13
- 9780679439806
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Medical innovations; Social medicine; Social aspects; Pharmaceutical industry; drugs; research; Moral and Ethical Aspects First Edition; 1st Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical and Nursing; First Editions;
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