The Infertility Treadmill
Subtitle: Feminist Ethics, Personal Choice, and the Use of Reproductive Technologies (Studies in Social Medicine)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807831571
Subjects: Feminism; Practical & applied ethics; Reproductive medicine; 21st century; Health & Fitness; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Gender Studies; Health/Fitness; USA; Infertility; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Women's Studies - General; infertiliy; reproductive technologies; ART (assisted reprductive technologies); assisted reproduction; "test tubeÓ babies; in vitro fertilization (IVF); RESOLVE; biomedical ethics; feminist ethics; Christian ethics; consumermism; career pill; work and family; child adoption; miscarriage; pregnancy loss; women's health; designer baby; family building; procreative liberty; infertile indiviuals; genetic counseling; medically assisted reproduction; Ethics; Pregnancy & Childbirth; Feminist ethics; Human reproductive technology; Social aspects
Description: Combining attention to lived experience with the critical tools of ethics, Karey Harwood explores why many women who use high-tech assisted reproduction methods tend to use them repeatedly, even when the results are unsuccessful. With a compassionate look at the individual decision making behind the desire to become pregnant and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), Harwood extends the public conversation beyond debates about individual choice by considering the experiences of families and by addressing the broader ethical problems presented by these technologies.