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Zusatztext provides a multidisciplinary survey of the complex issues associated with the novel reporductive choices now available ... it has all the strengths of a collaborative attempt which brings a variety of disciplines and experiences to bear on what is an extremely complex area of decision-making ... a stimulating and thought-provoking book and a real contribution to an area where is as yet little writing of any quality. Informationen zum Autor John Harris is Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Søren Holm has a Chair in Bioethics at the Cardiff Institute for Society, Health and Ethics, and is director of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society Klappentext This important and timely volume in the Issues in Biomedical Ethics series gathers an impressive cast of philosophers! physicians! and lawyers from several countries and from several cultural perspectives who together offer accessible and up-to-date coverage of a host of crucial issues touching on the future of human reproduction. Articles from contributors such as Jonathan Glover! Bonnie Steinbock! Marie Fox! Guido de Wert! and Gamal I. Secour engage topics such as eugenics! fertility treatment! post-menopause! sperm donation! ovarian tissue transplants! and abortion. Zusammenfassung Features fourteen essays that provide an overview of the key moral, legal, and social themes raised by new ways of making babies. This book offers perspectives on these topics from a variety of disciplines and professions as well as from a range of national and cultural perspectives.
