New Approaches to Human Reproduction: Social and Ethical Dimensions

ISBN-13: 9780367006754 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str.

Linda M. Whiteford

Opis

This book describes research data and analysis of some of the social and ethical issues generated by the new reproductive technologies. It also discusses changes in control over reproduction, social consequences of reproductive technology, and ethical dilemmas that result.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Ethics of Quality, Access, and Care During Pregnancy -- The Ultimate Failure: Court-Ordered Cesarean Section -- Chromosomes and Communication: The Discourse of Genetic Counseling -- Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Quality Care to Pregnant Indigent Women -- Ethical Decisions in the Treatment of Newborns -- Life-and-Death Decisions and the Sociology of Knowledge: The Case of Neonatal Intensive Care -- Deciding to Treat Newborns: Changes in Pediatricians’ Responses to Treatment Choices -- Decision Making About Care of Catastrophically Ill Newborns: The Use of Technological Criteria -- From Principles to Practice: Life-and-Death Decisions in the Intensive-Care Nursery -- Ethical Implications of Family Formation by Surrogacy -- The Technology of AID and Surrogacy -- Secrecy and the New Reproductive Technologies -- Commercial Surrogacy: Social Issues Behind the Controversy -- Surrogate Mothering in the Marketplace: Will Sales Law Act as Surrogate for Surrogacy Law? -- Surrogacy in the United Kingdom -- The Baby M Case: A Class Struggle over Undefined Rights, Unenforceable Responsibilities, and Inadequate Remedies