Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing - Couverture rigide

Ryan, Maura A.

 
9780878408719: Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0878408711 ISBN 13 : 9780878408719
Editeur : Georgetown University Press, 2001

Synopsis

For those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically arduous, yet technology remains the focus of most public discussion of the topic. Drawing on concepts from medical ethics, feminist theory, and Roman Catholic social teaching, Maura A. Ryan analyzes the economic, ethical, theological, and political dimensions of assisted reproduction.

Taking seriously the experience of infertility as a crisis of the self, the spirit, and the body, Ryan argues for the place of reproductive technologies within a temperate, affordable, sustainable, and just health care system. She contends that only by ceasing to treat assisted reproduction as a consumer product can meaningful questions about medical appropriateness and social responsibility be raised. She places infertility treatments within broader commitments to the common good, thereby understanding reproductive rights as an inherently social, rather than individual, issue. Arguing for some limits on access to reproductive technology, Ryan considers ways to assess the importance of assisted reproduction against other social and medical prerogatives and where to draw the line in promoting fertility. Finally, Ryan articulates the need for a compassionate spirituality within faith communities that will nurture those who are infertile.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Maura A. Ryan is associate provost at the University of Notre Dame and coeditor of The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Georgetown University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0878408711
ISBN 13 
9780878408719
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Allemagne

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780878408849: Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0878408843 ISBN 13 :  9780878408849
Editeur : Georgetown University Press, 2003
Couverture souple