In Vitro Fertilization : Building Policy from Laboratories to Legislatures / Andrea L. Bonnicksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonnicksen, Andrea L., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Discusses the controversy surround in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a focus on the underlying question of what the expressed attitudes about IVF tell us about society, and how policymaking should be adopted to help structure its use and address concerns about the infertility treatment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Beginning an Era of Choice

2. Tracking the Symbols of In Vitro Fertilization

3. The Responsible Physician

4. The Responsible Patient

5. A Responsible Government

6. A Responsible Public

7. Looking to the Future

Appendix: The IVF Technique

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88430-3

OCLC:

1100453180