| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: recent debates in maternal-fetal medicine -- what are the ethical questions? / Donna L. Dickenson -- Overview: a framework for reproductive ethics / Carson Strong -- Multicultural issues in maternal-fetal medicine / Sirkku Kristiina Hellsten -- HIV in pregnancy: ethical issues in screening and therapeutic research / Paquita de Zulueta -- Genetic screening: should parents seek to perfect their children genetically: / Rosemarie Tong -- Is there a duty not to reproduce? / Jean McHale -- Between fathers and fetuses: the social construction of male reproduction and the politics of fetal harm / Cynthia R. Daniels -- Restricting the freedom of pregnant women / Susan Bewley -- Ethical issues in embryo interventions and cloning / Franc̜oise Shenfield -- A case-study in IVF: paternalism and autonomy in a 'high-risk' pregnancy / Gillian M. Lockwood -- The ethics of secrecy in donor insemination / Heather Widdows -- Ethical and social aspects of evaluating fetal screening / Elina Hemminki -- Prenatal counselling and images of disability / Priscilla Alderson -- Models of motherhood in the abortion debate: self-sacrifice versus self-defence / Eileen McDonagh -- Who owns embryonic and fetal tissue? / Donna L. Dickenson -- The fewer the better? Ethical issues in multiple gestation / Mary B. Mahowald -- Caesarean section: who chooses -- the woman or her doctor? / Wendy Savage -- Judgements of non-compliance in pregnancy / Franc̜oise Baylis and Susan Sherwin -- Do the new reproductive technologies benefit or harm children? / Christine Overall -- Are there lives not worth living? When is it morally wrong to reproduce? / Rebecca Bennett and John Harris -- Ethical issues in withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from handicapped neonates / Neil McIntosh. |
| Summary |
This book addresses the ethical problems in maternal-fetal medicine which impact directly on clinical practice. It is divided into parts by the stages of pregnancy and looks at issues of power, new technology, 'designer babies', and cultural, religious difference. It unites analytic philosophy and actual practice for clinicians. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Perinatology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Perinatology -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Perinatology. |
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Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Ethics, Clinical. |
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Reproductive Medicine. |
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Physician-Patient Relations. |
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Pregnancy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Assisted reproductive technology. |
| Added Author |
Dickenson, Donna.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ethical issues in maternal-fetal medicine. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521662664 0521664748 (DLC) 2001025633 (OCoLC)46504901 |
| ISBN |
0511066538 (electronic book) |
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9780511066535 (electronic book) |
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0521662664 (hardback) |
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9780521662666 (hardback) |
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0521664748 (paperback) |
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9780521664745 (paperback) |
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0511068662 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511068669 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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051106022X |
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9780511060229 |
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9780511118173 (e-book) |
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0511118171 (e-book) |
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9780511545122 (electronic book) |
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0511545126 (electronic book) |
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