PSYC 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Commensalism, Antibiotics
6 Apr 2018
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Talking about biotechnology from a social science perspective. New forms and changes in social relationships: implications for individuals. Health behaviours and decision-making: implications for policy. Ethics in setting of uncertainty (moral and scientific) There"s a lot of biomedical research going on. Advances in biotechnology sometimes lead to new choices. For example: when we talked about genetic risks. Choices you have to have a genetic or not weren"t available before but now are. If you do have a genetic risk and have a risk to something you have new choices with that information. These new technologies actually create new relationships among people. New technologies have implications for us as individuals and the health behaviours we engage in and decisions we have about our health. If you have a genetic mutation that predisposes you to illness how can we use pgd. These are ethical questions that impact you as an individual but also as a society.
