Beyond Baby M: Ethical Issues in New Reproductive Techniques by Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Arthur L. Caplan (Paperback, 2013)
Arthur L. Caplan It is commonly said, especially when the subject is assisted reproduction, that medical technology has out stripped our morality. Yet, as the essays in this volume make clear, that is not an accurate assessment of the situ ation. Medical technology has not overwhelmed our moral ity. It would be more accurate to say that our society has not yet achieved consensus about the complex ethical iss ues that arise when medicine tries to assist those who seek its services in order to reproduce. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of ethical opinion about what we ought to do with respect to the use of surrogate mothers, in vitro fertil ization, embryo transfer, artificial insemination, or fertil ity drugs. Nor is it entirely accurate to describe assisted repro duction as technology. The term technology carries with it connotations of machines buzzing and technicians scurrying about trying to control a vast array of equip ment. Yet, most of the methods used to assist reproduc tion that are discussed in this volume do not involve exotic technologies or complicated hardware. It is technique, more than technology, that dominates the field of assisted reproduction. Efforts to help the infertile by means of the manipu lation of human reproductive materials and organs date 1 2 Caplan back at least to Biblical times. Human beings have en gaged in all manner of sexual practices and manipulations in attempts to achieve reproduction when nature has balked at allowing life to begin.
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Publisher
Humana Press Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461288534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188493108
Product Key Features
Author
Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Arthur L. Caplan
Publication Name
Beyond Baby M: Ethical Issues in New Reproductive Techniques
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Biology
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
462g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dorothy E. Vawter, Dianne M. Bartels, Reinhard Priester, Arthur L. Caplan
Series Title
Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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