Encyclopedia of reproductive technologies / edited by Annette Burfoot.

Date:
2019
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Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Physical description

xvii, 404 pages ; 23 cm

Notes

"First publishing 1999 by Westview Press."--Title page recto.

Contents

Preface -- Theories of Reproduction-Ancient to Contemporary -- Historical Perspectives of Human Reproduction -- Infant Feeding -- Sex Preference -- Genetic Engineering -- Genetic Diagnosis -- New Definitions of Family -- Response of the Catholic Church to New Reproductive Technologies -- Reprotech: A Feminist Critique of the Language of Reproductive Technologies -- New Reproductive Technologies-Women and Science -- New Reproductive Technologies as Dystopia -- Early Reproductive Technologies -- Birth Technology -- Birth Technologies: Critical Perspectives -- Breastfeeding -- Infant-Feeding Technologies -- Contraception Technologies -- Contraception-Ethics -- Diethylstilbestrol (DES) -- Menstrual Disorder Technologies -- Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation -- Abortion Technologies -- Abortion-Ethics -- Adoption and Restrictions on Abortion-Ethics -- Prenatal Harm -- Informed Consent and Women in Labor -- Reproductive Health in the Workplace -- Contemporary Midwifery -- Early Infertility Treatments -- Artificial Insemination -- Artificial Insemination Policy -- Psychosocial Implications of Donor Insemination -- Lesbian Access to Donor Insemination -- Male Infertility -- Ovulation Induction -- Risk Perception and Health Screening -- Prenatal Diagnosis Technologies -- Prenatal Diagnosis-Critical Perspectives -- Sex Selection -- Advanced Infertility Techniques -- In Vitro Fertilization-Overview -- In Vitro Fertilization-Historical Development -- Ovarian Suppression by GnRH Agonists -- Human Pituitary Hormones and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- In Vitro Fertilization-Culture Media -- In Vitro Maturation and Ova Freezing -- In Vitro Fertilization and Male-Factor Infertility -- Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) -- In Vitro Fertilization-Risks -- Counseling -- Selection and Assessment for Treatment -- Egg Donation -- Surrogacy -- "Baby M" Surrogacy Case -- World Health Organization Report on the Place of In Vitro Fertilization in Infertility Care -- Advanced Infertility Technologies and Occupational Environments -- Informed Consent and Advanced Infertility Technologies -- Legislation-United Kingdom -- Legislation-The Netherlands -- Legislation-France -- Legislation-Australia and New Zealand -- Legislation-Canada -- Legislation-The United States -- Legislation-Germany -- Reproductive and Genetic Science -- Fetal Tissue Research and Applications -- Embryo Research -- Embryo Research-Legal Issues -- Cloning Technologies -- Cloning-Ethics -- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis -- Genetics-Discrimination -- Genetic Counseling -- Ectogenesis -- Genetic Screening and German-Based Eugenics-Old and New.

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  • 0367007533
  • 9780367007539