| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 272 pages) |
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text file PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Donna Haraway -- Part I. The importance of the story -- Conceptual detox: Returning to Hogwarts to learn human embryology / Scott Gilbert -- Stories of infertility and its conquest: The sisterhood of Bloody Mary / Clara Pinto-Correia -- Part II. Fertilization and its discontents -- Fertilization: Two cells at the verge of death cooperate to form a new body that lasts decades / Scott Gilbert -- Fertility Rites: Artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization / Clara Pinto-Correia -- Part III. The Mother And Her Fetus -- Normal development and the beginning of human life: why scientists are being asked theological questions and why theologians are being asked scientific questions / Scott Gilbert -- Technological motherhood / Clara Pinto-Correia -- Part IV. Improving the human condition through biology: the reality and the fantasy -- Cloning animals, cells, and genes: Where did cloning come from, and where is it going to right now? / Scott Gilbert -- Glory days: my personal account of cloning / Clara Pinto-Correia -- Part V. Epilogues -- Infertility Wars: how life feels after everything fails, and, by the way, how do we survive it? / Clara Pinto-Correia -- The human condition of fear and wonder: in celebration of bodies / Scott Gilbert -- Appendix A. Field guide to assisted reproductive technologies / Scott Gilbert. |
| Summary |
How does one make decisions today about in vitro fertilization, abortion, egg freezing, surrogacy, and other matters of reproduction? This book provides the intellectual and emotional intelligence to help individuals make informed choices amid misinformat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human reproductive technology.
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Human reproductive technology. |
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Human genetics.
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Human genetics. |
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Biotechnology.
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Biotechnology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Assisted reproductive technology. |
| Added Author |
Correia, Clara Pinto, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231544580 |
| ISBN |
0231544588 (electronic book) |
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9780231544580 (electronic book) |
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0231170947 |
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9780231170949 |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/gilb17094 |
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