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This frank discussion of doping in sports includes accounts by former elite athletes and offers an illuminating exchange over the meaning and value of natural talents and genetic hierarchies and the essence of fair competition.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53143005528337,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53143005888785,"sku":"NGR9780801893612","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780801893612.jpg?v=1771542934"},{"product_id":"bioethics-at-the-movies-book-sandra-shapshay-9780801890772","title":"Bioethics at the Movies","description":"Bioethics at the Movies explores the ways in which popular films engage basic bioethical concepts and concerns. Twenty-one philosophically grounded essays use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to demonstrate a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics.  The first two sections plumb popular and bioethical thought on birth, abortion, genetic selection, and personhood through several films, including  The Cider House Rules,  Citizen Ruth,  Gattaca, and  I, Robot. In the third section, the contributors examine medical practice and troubling questions about the quality and commodification of life by way of  Dirty Pretty Things,  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and other movies. The fourth section's essays use  Million Dollar Baby,  Critical Care,  Big Fish, and  Soylent Green to show how the medical profession and society at large view issues related to aging, dying, and death. 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