1st Edition

Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas in Assisted Reproduction

136 Pages

by CRC Press

152 Pages

by CRC Press

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Ethical dilemmas are more common in assisted reproduction than in any other area of medicine. Providing a framework for discussing and articulating to patients the topical issues in assisted reproduction, this text examines the ever-changing interaction between ethics, society, and scientific advances in the area. This third volume of ethical debates includes chapters on assisted reproduction for... Read more

Introduction, Bob Edwards

Part I: The beginnings

Whose embryos are they anyway?, Gill Lockwood

Reproductive cloning, a crime against human beings? An international view, Gerard Teboul

Therapeutic cloning, where to now?, Françoise Shenfield and Claude Babinet

Part II: Intended parents

To be or not to be ... a parent after one’s death, Gulam Bahadur

International parenthood via procreative tourism, Guido Pennings

Risking parenthood? Serious viral illness, parenting and the welfare of the child, Carole Gillan-Smith

Part III: The Children and Society

The welfare of the child, whose interest?, Françoise Shenfield

New law, old law, no law or bad law? What is best?, Claude Sureau and Françoise Shenfield