Table of Contents “..."Disorders peculiar to the Negroes" ; Sickness and accidents ; Patterns of mortality ; Malnutrition and diseases of infants and children ; Diseases of children and adults -- The problem of reproduction. Patterns of reproduction ; Debate on the population failure ; "To multiply and rear the human species" ' Pro-natalist policies frustrated ; The victimization of black youngsters ; Black women as "work units" and "breeding units" -- Smallpox and slavery. ...”
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Table of Contents “...Fox -- Strategies for survival versus accepting impermanence: rationalizing brain death and organ transplantation today / Tetsuo Yamaori -- The age of a "revolutionized human body" and the right to die / Yoshihiko Komatsu -- Why we must be prudent in research using human embryos: differing views of human dignity / Susumu Shimazono -- Eugenics, reproductive technologies, and the feminist dilemma in Japan / Miho Ogino -- Refusing utopia's bait: research, rationalizations, and Hans Jonas / William R. ...”
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Table of Contents “...No. 7 Medical Triumphs -- 63.Vaccines -- Preventing disease -- 64.Vitamins -- Accessory food factors -- 65.Insulin -- 'À force of magical activity' -- 66.Dialysis -- The artificial kidney -- 67.Smoking & Health -- Lifestyle & medicine -- 68.Assisted Reproduction -- IVF & embryo transfer -- 69.The Pap Smear & Human Papilloma Virus -- A preventable cancer -- 70.Helicobacter Pylori & Peptic Ulcer -- Bacteria in an unexpected place....”