Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures: Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843100843 ISBN 13 : 9781843100843

Editeur : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

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 thirteen countries dispersed through North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures addresses many contemporary social issues including the role of the state in family creation, the changing forms and conceptualizations of a 'family' and concerns about the potential commodification of body-parts and functions.

All health care practitioners and policymakers who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of the policies underlying third party assisted conception practice and the ethical context surrounding it, will find this book invaluable.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Eric Blyth is professor of social work at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and visiting professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is co-chair of the British Association of Social Workers Project Group on Assisted Reproduction. His interest in assisted conception originates from his own experience of childlessness, infertility treatment and adoption. Eric is Editor of the British Journal of Social Work and actively provides consultation for governments, regulatory and professional bodies and the media on assisted conception and related fertility issues.

Ruth Landau is an associate professor at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Chair of the Institutional Review Board of the Hebrew University. In the past she acted as the Executive Director of the Israeli Family Planning Association for eight years. Ruth has also published widely on social work and ethics and their relation to the issues surrounding fertility.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843100843
• ISBN 13: 9781843100843
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Blyth Eric, Landau Ruth
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible