| In Vitro Fertilization: Building Policy from Laboratories to Legislatures Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bonnicksen, Andrea L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231069057 ISBN-13: 9780231069052 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 Annotation: Few recent technological innovations have elicited as much debate as in vitro fertilization (IVF), the technique in which human ova are fertilized in a glass dish and transferred to the prospective mother. Andrea L. Bonnicksen explores how reproductive techniques are viewed by couples who use them, scientists, physicians, the media, and policy makers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Pregnancy & Childbirth - Family & Relationships - Medical |
| Dewey: 362.198 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.93" W x 8.99" (0.59 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examines 2 different and often opposing worlds of in vitro fertilization: the public's political, legal and ethical concerns surrounding the technique, and the personal, pragmatic world of the individual patients who come to the centers seeding a cure for infertility. This book provides a objective analysis which answers many perplexing questions. |
