New Ways of Making Babies: The Case of Egg Donation (Medical Ethics) [Hardcover]

Cynthia B. Cohen (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 22, 1996 | Series: Medical Ethics

"... extremely valuable. [This book] addresses exactly the right questions in a balanced, nuanced way." —Journal of the American Medical Association

"Cohen's book is a major contribution to the literature of the inevitable." —Medical Humanities Review

"This book provides readers with an insightful overview of the practice of oocyte donation, the broader issues raised by this innovative yet problematic technology and, given the recommendations of NABER, how these issues mights be resolved.... Well written, structured, researched, and thought-provoking, this book makes a timely, important, and worthwhile contribution to the growing body of reproductive technology scholarship." —Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Home Page

"Detailed notes; extensive references; comprehensive research... Recommended..." —Choice

Leading scholars investigate the difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues that surround egg donation and the new reproductive technologies as a whole. In addition, the book describes procedures at four egg-donation centers and presents a new set of guidelines from the National Advisory Board on Ethics in Reproduction.

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About the Author

CYNTHIA B. COHEN is Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and Adjunct Associate at the Hastings Center. She is the former Executive Director of NABER and has published extensively in the field of medical ethics, including editing the Casebook on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (September 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253330580
• ISBN-13: 978-0253330581
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,529,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A leading book on reproductive ethics, November 11, 2000

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This review is from: New Ways of Making Babies: The Case of Egg Donation (Medical Ethics) (Hardcover)

I found this book extremely well conceived and substantively outstanding. It provides a set of essays by philosophers, lawyers, sociologists, doctors, theologians, etc. in which critical ethical and policy issues raised by the new reproductive technologies are addressed. Moreover, it provides descriptions of policies and procedures at four different sorts of egg donation centers in various parts of the country. Finally, it provides recommendations by a board funded by respected foundation grantors and composed of people who would have been appointed to a public board were Congress and the President willing to have one on this controversial subject. It's a must for anyone who wants to know what is going on in this field.