Comparative biomedical policy
Subtitle: governing assisted reproductive technologies
By: edited by Ivar Bleiklie, Malcolm Goggin and Christine Rothmayr.
Contributors: Bleiklie, Ivar, 1948-; Goggin, Malcolm L., 1938-; Rothmayr, Christine, 1968-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.; Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- Europe.; Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- Canada.; Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.; Human reproductive technology -- Government policy -- United States.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Table of contents: title: The comparative policy design perspective; title: Belgium : a bioethical paradise?; title: ART policy in Italy : explaining the lack of comprehensive regulation; title: Policy networks, federalism and managerial ideas : how ART non-decision in Canada safeguards the autonomy of the medical profession; title: The United States : national talk and state action in governing ART; title: ART in Spain : technocratic inheritance and modernist aspirations; title: United Kingdom : regulation through a national licensing authority; title: France : protecting human dignity while encouraging scientific progress; title: The Netherlands : conflict and consensus on assisted reproductive technology policy; title: Germany : ART policies as embryo protection; title: Switzerland : policy design and direct democracy; title: Legislation for protection : why Norway designed restrictive policies in the field of ART; title: Comparing policy design across countries : what accounts for variation in art policy?