title: Rewriting the future? Biomedical advances and legal dilemmas.
abstract: Developments in medical science have sparked public debate about the legal and ethical implications of new technologies. Within these debates a number of distinct discourses are evident, including discourses about the positive and negative implications of technological advances, the influence of globalisation on regulatory choice, and the challenges of articulating common values in a pluralistic society. This article argues that an understanding of these discourses is an essential part of understanding the nature of contemporary regulatory dilemmas.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 173-175 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D033041:Embryo Research; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D012306:Risk; D012945:Social Values