Human Reproduction, Emerging Technologies, and Conflicting Rights [Paperback]

Robert Blank (Author), Janna C. Merrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1995

This book examines the controversial and increasingly complex policy issues surrounding reproduction today. Blank and Merrick argue that medical advances, changing social values, and novel legal cases are challenging conventional notions of reproductive rights, and creating difficult public policy dilemmas. This exciting volume focuses on the conflicts surrounding reproduction and reproductive rights. Restricted access to abortion, rights of surrogate and biological mothers, the right to control fertility, fetal and embryo research, and a pregnant woman's duty to avoid risk are among the timely issues explored in this book. Conflicts in the maternal-fetal relationship, such as court-ordered intervention, maternal substance abuse, and workplace hazards are also covered.

Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: Cq Pr (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871879387
• ISBN-13: 978-0871879387
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,835,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard D. Lamm is the codirector of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver and the former threeterm governor of Colorado. A nationally recognized expert of healthcare issues, Lamm was chairman of the Pew Health Professions Commission and a public member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He is the author of numerous articles on health care that have appeared in such medical publications as The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Health Affairs, Medical Economics, and Public Health Reports. His editorials have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.