Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction - The Cost of Longing

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. The Economics of Infertility Myths and Realities in the Economics of InfertilityIntersection: Ethics and EconomicsDistributive Justice and Assisted Reproduction 2. The Ethics of Assisted Reproduction The Ethics of Assisted ReproductionWhat about Adoption?Reproduction and the Common Good 3. Assisted Reproduction and the Goals of Medicine Infertility, Suffering, and the Goals of MedicineLiving with InfertilityInside/Outside: The Medical Construction of InfertilitySome Preliminary ConclusionsReflecting on the Goals of Medicine 4. Reconceiving Procreative Liberty John Robertson and the Meaning of Procreative LibertyRights Talk and the Critique of Procreative Liberty, American-StyleBorder TensionsProcreative Liberty and Catholic Social TeachingConclusion 5. Assisted Reproduction and Access to Health Care Human Dignity and Access to Health CareA Decent MinimumSufficiencyInvestments in ReproducingEquity and AccessAt the BoundariesSetting Limits Conclusion6. Faith and Infertility Mixed Messages and Missed OpportunitiesCreating a ContextFrom Spiritual Crisis to Spiritual QuestConclusions and the Work Yet to Be Done Conclusion Index

About the author

Maura A. Ryan is associate provost at the University of Notre Dame and coeditor of The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses.

Summary

For those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically arduous, yet technology remains the focus of most public discussion of the topic. This title analyzes the economic, ethical, theological, and political dimensions of assisted reproduction.

Product details

• Authors: Maura A. Ryan, Ryan Maura A.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2001
• EAN: 9780878408719
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-871-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Moral Traditions and Moral Arg; Moral Traditions series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Volkswirtschaftslehre, Economics, MEDICAL / Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct