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Book SynopsisAs part of the Readings in Bioethics series, this volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on reproductive technologies, abortion, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and cloning.
Trade ReviewWith this book, Shannon has amassed a collection of particularly well-chosen articles on current ethical issues in reproductive technology. This is a welcome addition for those of us who teach bioethics, whether at the undergraduate or graduate levels. Beyond classroom use, it will serve as an indispensable reference collection for bioethicists and others working in the field. -- Suzanne Holland, associate professor of religion and society, University of Puget Sound
A valuable component of a creative series. Shannon uses a refreshing array of sources, providing readings that will challenge and fascinate students. An excellent resource for teachers and students alike. -- Timothy O'Connell, Ph.D., professor, Loyola University Chicago
For over three decades, Tom Shannon—the maestro of bioethics 'readers'—has culled the best current writing on the topic and put together rich anthologies on the legal, societal, moral, and religious questions of this burgeoning field. This time out Shannon has focused his attention on reproductive technologies, and the resulting collection of seminal essays offers a short and dense course on the current state of the question, probing and unpacking both our technological progress and the human and ethical issues raised by new ways we are (or may be) reproducing ourselves. Nobody does it better. -- Patrick T. McCormick, Gonzaga University, Spokane
Shannon has edited an important book for an important series. The book is a comprehensive, thoughtful overview of an important area of medicine and bioethics. The essays in the book examine the challenges in reproductive medicine for patients and society. This book is a welcome contribution to the field of bioethics. -- Kevin Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., associate director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and associate professor of philosophy, Georgetown University
Shannon has given us a very timely and helpful text on issues related to assisted reproductive technologies. His reader brings together recent articles from science, medicine, philosophy, and religion that students will find very useful. -- James J. Walter, Ph.D., Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics and director of The Bioethics Institute at Loyola Marymount University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Editor's Introduction Chapter 2 Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the United States Chapter 3 Progress We Can Be Proud Of: U.S. Trends in Assisted Reproduction Over the First 20 Years Chapter 4 Reproductive Technologies: Ethical and Religious Issues Chapter 5 Sex Selection: Not Obviously Wrong Chapter 6 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Infertility Treatment Chapter 7 Low and Very Low Birth Weight in Infants Conceived with Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Chapter 8 Pregnancy in the Sixth Decade of Life: Obstetric Outcomes in Women of Advanced Reproductive Age Chapter 9 Reproductive Tourism as Moral Pluralism in Motion Chapter 10 What Are Families For? Getting to An Ethics of Reproductive Technology Chapter 11 Mom, Dad, Clone: Implications for Reproductive Privacy Chapter 12 Cloned Child
