Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies - Cases and Questions

Informationen zum Autor Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia was Assistant Professor in the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the University of Athens Medical School and a Member of the Bioethics Committee of the Council of Europe. Klappentext The new reproductive technologies (NRTs) have given rise to new ethical questions that are widely debated. This book, the outcome of a European Union-wide collaborative process, draws on the experience and expertise of ethicists, lawyers, and clinical practitioners and focuses on some of the "burning issues" in different European countries. These include: donor insemination; surrogacy; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; embryo research; access to IVF treatment; and parental, professional and social responsibility. Familiar notions such as quality of life, parenthood, mothering, responsibility and personal identity surface at many points throughout the book and are refashioned to accommodate new questions. This book introduces and probes ethical questions and challenges in a hands-on way by working through relevant case studies with key commentaries and activities. It engages the reader directly in ethical reasoning and decision-making and provides clear explanations, insightful commentaries and informed debate on NRTs. Zusammenfassung Structured around a variety of guided activities and real-life cases, this text presents an introduction to the ethical implications of new reproductive technologies. Written by a team of European ethicists, lawyers, and clinical practitioners, it addresses such topics as donor insemination, embryo Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Re-thinking Reproductive Responsibility Chapter 2. Donor Insemination: Anonymity, Secrecy and the Right to Know Chapter 3. Altruism and Contract Pregnancy Chapter 4. Embryo Research Chapter 5. Women and the Commercialization of Embryonic Tissue Chapter 6. Role Conflict Chapter 7. Who Decides? Access to IVF Treatment Chapter 8. Social Responsibility: Liberty and the Public Good Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia, Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia(), Dalla-Vorgia() Panagiota, Dalla-Vorgia(+) Panagiota, Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia(†), Dolores Dooley, Dolores Etc. Dalla-Vorgia Dooley, Etc., Tina Garanis-Papadatos, Esther Van Der Hertzog, Joan McCarthy
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2003
• EAN: 9781571815996
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-599-6
• Series: Teaching Ethics; Teaching Ethics: Material for Practioner Education; Teaching Ethics: Material for Practitioner Education; Teaching Ethics; Teaching Ethics: Material for Practitioner Education; Teaching Ethics: Material for
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Medical Anthropology