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Manufacturing babies and public consent: debating the new reproductive technologies

By:

Van Dyck, J

Publication details: Basingstoke Macmillan 1995Description: 238; bibl.; BookFindISBN:

0333629655

Subject(s):

Contents:

Acknowledgements - Introduction: Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent - Mapping the Public Debate on New Reproductive Technologies - Reading Science, Journalism and Fiction as Culture - Constructing the Need for Reproductive Technologies - Feminist Assessments of New Reproductive Technologies - From Cure to Commodity: The Naturalization of IVF - From Need to Right: The Legalization of Genetic Motherhood - From Legalization to Legislation: Race and Age as Determining Factors - Conclusion - Notes - Works Cited - Index

Summary: PaperbackSummary: In Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent, Jose Van Dyck sketches a map of the public debate on new reproductive technologies as it has evolved in the USA and Britain since 1978. Many people have participated in heated discussions on test-tube babies and in vitro fertilization, particularly medical researchers and feminists. The new technologies have been both embraced as the cure to infertility and condemned as the exploitation of women's bodies. Reconstructing this debate, Van Dyck juxtaposes a variety of textual material, from scientific articles to newspaper articles and works of fiction.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WQ 205 VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		9285R

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In Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent, Jose Van Dyck sketches a map of the public debate on new reproductive technologies as it has evolved in the USA and Britain since 1978. Many people have participated in heated discussions on test-tube babies and in vitro fertilization, particularly medical researchers and feminists. The new technologies have been both embraced as the cure to infertility and condemned as the exploitation of women's bodies. Reconstructing this debate, Van Dyck juxtaposes a variety of textual material, from scientific articles to newspaper articles and works of fiction.

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