Research Catalog

Title

Third party assisted conception across cultures : social, legal, and ethical perspectives / edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau.

Publication

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blyth, Eric.
• Landau, Ruth, 1946-

Description

288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Surrogate Mothers
• Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation > Cross-cultural studies
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > legislation & jurisprudence
• Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > ethics
• Human reproductive technology > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies
• Human reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 .. [et al.] -- 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.

ISBN

• 1843100851 (hbk.)
• 1843100843 (pbk.)

LCCN

2004002661

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries