Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender

Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9789048124756
ISBN-13 : 9048124751
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Book Synopsis Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender by : Frida Simonstein

Download or read book Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender written by Frida Simonstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender' brings together three tightly related topics, which have so far been dealt separately in bioethics: assisted reproduction, enhancing and gender. Part one in this book targets present policies and legislature of assisted reproduction. Part two focuses on current views of the ethics of PGD and enhancing. Part three tackles the future of gender. Part four deals with artificial wombs and ectogenesis. The aim of this book is to provide a joint perspective in order to get the big picture. Contributors include Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala, Søren Holm, David Heyd, Daniel Callahan, Harriet Bradley, Ekaterina Balabanova and others. Some chapters in this book will significantly contribute to the current discussion of the topics at stake; other chapters will start a discussion on issues that have not yet been discussed. 'Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender' will certainly appeal to readers who are interested in any of the intersecting topics of assisted reproduction, genetic enhancing and gender; bioethicists, sociologists, genetic counsellors, gynaecologists, legislators, and students of the relevant disciplines.


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