Making babies : biomedical technologies, reproductive ethics, and public policy / by Inmaculada de Melo-Martín.

By:

Melo-Martín, Inmaculada de

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0792351169
9780792351160

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

176 21

LOC classification:

RG133.5 .M45 1998

Contents:

Introduction: the importance of evaluating assessments of in vitro fertilization -- Overview of technology assessment -- In vitro fertilization: contextualizing the technology -- Ethics and uncertainty: in vitro fertilization and risks to women's health -- In vitro fertilization and the ethics of nonconservative medical care -- Free informed consent and in vitro fertilization -- Conclusion and future trends.

Summary: "The present work tries to show that problematic evaluations of new technologies such as IVF may be as dangerous as no evaluation at all. Because technology assessments may give people a false sense of security, poor ones may serve as a legitimization of premature, dangerous, or misunderstood decisions. Careful analysis of technology assessments may uncover particular epistemological and ethical problems that could misguide public policy. This book is the first to offer an extensive evaluation of four prominent institutional assessments of IVF. This philosophical analysis reveals how inadequate assessments may produce policies that are not in the public's best interests."--Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The present work tries to show that problematic evaluations of new technologies such as IVF may be as dangerous as no evaluation at all. Because technology assessments may give people a false sense of security, poor ones may serve as a legitimization of premature, dangerous, or misunderstood decisions. Careful analysis of technology assessments may uncover particular epistemological and ethical problems that could misguide public policy. This book is the first to offer an extensive evaluation of four prominent institutional assessments of IVF. This philosophical analysis reveals how inadequate assessments may produce policies that are not in the public's best interests."--Publisher description.

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