From IVF to immortality : controversy in the era of reproductive technology
Deech, RuthAuthor
Smajdor, AnnaContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
This text provides a clear, simple account of techniques involved in assisted reproduction and embryo research. It explores controversies raised by developments in reproductive technology since the first IVF baby in 1978, such as 'saviour siblings', designer babies, reproductive cloning and embryo research.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This text provides a clear, simple account of techniques involved in assisted reproduction and embryo research. It explores controversies raised by developments in reproductive technology since the first IVF baby in 1978, such as 'saviour siblings', designer babies, reproductive cloning and embryo research.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproductive technologies and the birth of the HFEA -- Ethics, embryos, and infertility -- Saviour siblings, designer babies, and sex selection -- Fertility is a feminist issue -- Private lives and public policy : the story of Diane Blood -- Human rights and reproduction -- Deconstructing the family -- Embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning.
Great Britain. Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.
Human reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Human reproduction
Biomedical Research
Investigative Techniques
Reproductive Techniques
Morals
Embryo Research
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Ethics
Therapeutics
Psychology, Social
Research
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Science
Natural Science Disciplines
Psychology
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Medicine
Gynecology & Obstetrics
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