Third party assisted conception across cultures : social, legal, and ethical perspectives /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies. Human reproductive technology -- Law and legislation -- Cross-cultural studies. Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Cross-cultural studies. Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- ethics. Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- legislation & jurisprudence. Surrogate Mothers. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Human reproductive technology -- Law and legislation. Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects. United States. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11128499

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Other authors / contributors:	Blyth, Eric. Landau, Ruth, 1946-
ISBN:	1417501022 9781417501021 9781843100843 1843100843 1846424348 9781846424342 9781843100850 1843100851 9781846424342
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Involving a third person in a child's conception raises many difficult issues and dilemmas. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the place of third party assisted conception within health care provision, drawing on local ethical and religious standpoints as well as political and economic factors. Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau have brought together authors from a broad range of professional backgrounds to consider the social, legal and ethical aspects of third party assisted conception in in thirteen countries dispersed through North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia.
Other form:	Print version: Third party assisted conception across cultures. London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004 1843100851 1843100843

Table of Contents:

Argentina: hopes, results, and barriers / Luisa Barn
Australia: choice and diversity in regulation and record keeping / Helen Szoke
Canada: the long road to regulation / Jean Haase
Finland: unregulated practices, familiarity, and legality / Maili Malin, Riitta Burrell
Germany: the changing legal and social culture / Petra Thorn
Hong Kong: a social, legal, and clinical overview / Ernest Ng . [and others]
Israel: every person has the right to have children / Ruth Landau
New Zealand: from secrecy and shame to openness and acceptance / Ken Daniels
Poland: provision and guidelines for third party assisted conception / Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz
Singapore: practice and challenges / Rosaleen Ow
South Africa: cultural diversity / Charlene Laurence Carbonatto
The United Kingdom: evolution of a statutary regulatory approach / Eric Blyth
The United States of America: regulation, technology, and the marketplace / Eric Blyth with Jean Benward.

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