Test Tube Families : Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation.

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The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which is now a multi-billion-dollar business in the United States. Sperm and eggs are bought and sold in a market that has few barriers to its skyrocketing growth. Whil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cahn, Naomi R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Temas:
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Law and legislation > United States.
Human reproductive technology.
Reproductive technology.
Fertilization in vitro, Human.
Fertilization in vitro.
Therapeutics.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Reproductive Techniques
Fertilization in Vitro
Therapeutics
Investigative Techniques
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Procréation médicalement assistée.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Fécondation in vitro.
Thérapeutique.
treating (health care function)
LAW > Science & Technology.
Reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology
Fertilization in vitro, Human
Fertilization in vitro
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Law and legislation
United States
assisted.
exploration.
facing.
issues.
questions.
reproductive.
technology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which is now a multi-billion-dollar business in the United States. Sperm and eggs are bought and sold in a market that has few barriers to its skyrocketing growth. While ART has been an invaluable gift to thousands of people, creating new families, the use of someone else's genetic material raises complex legal and public policy issues that touch on technological anxiety, eugenics, reproductive autonomy, identity, and family structure. How should the use of gameti.
Notas:About the Author.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814790021
081479002X

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