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

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

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Eric Blyth (Contributor) Cecilia Chan (Contributor) Celia Chan Hoi Yan (Contributor) Petra Thorn (Contributor) Ruth Landau (Contributor)  

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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.
Eric Blyth is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield, UK, having worked for 12 years in social work practice and management. He has published widely on assisted conception, edited the Journal of Fertility Counselling and provided consultation for radio and television. His interest in the subject originated from direct experience of childlessness, infertility treatment and adoption. Ruth Landau worked for over twenty years in social work practice and management, including eight years as General Director of the Israeli Family Planning Association. She has organized national conferences and lectured in national and international forums on assisted conception.
  • Contributor: Eric Blyth
  • Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN13: 9781843100850
  • Number of Pages: 288
  • Packaged Dimensions: 160x241x25mm
  • Packaged Weight: 578
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Release Date: 2003-11-15
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Eric Blyth is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield, UK, having worked for 12 years in social work practice and management. He has published widely on assisted conception, edited the Journal of Fertility Counselling and provided consultation for radio and television. His interest in the subject originated from direct experience of childlessness, infertility treatment and adoption. Ruth Landau worked for over twenty years in social work practice and management, including eight years as General Director of the Israeli Family Planning Association. She has organized national conferences and lectured in national and international forums on assisted conception.

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