Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables and Figures xi
• Preface xiii
• Acronyms xv
• Part One - Theories of Reproduction-- Ancient to Contemporary 1
• One - Historical Perspectives of Human Reproduction 5
• Two - Infant Feeding 15
• Three - Sex Preference 23
• Four - Genetic Engineering 27
• Five - Genetic Diagnosis 31
• Six - New Definitions of Family 36
• Seven - Response of the Catholic Church to New Reproductive Technologies 42
• Eight - Reprotech: a Feminist Critique of the Language of Reproductive Technologies 46
• Nine - New Reproductive Technologies-- Women and Science 50
• Ten - New Reproductive Technologies as Dystopia 53
• Part Two - Early Reproductive Technologies 59
• Eleven - Birth Technology 63
• Twelve - Birth Technologies: Critical Perspectives 75
• Thirteen - Breastfeeding 79
• Fourteen - Infant-Feeding Technologies 83
• Fifteen - Contraception Technologies 92
• Sixteen - Contraception--Ethics 99
• Seventeen - Diethylstilbestrol (des) 105
• Eighteen - Menstrual Disorder Technologies 109
• Nineteen - Female Circumcision/ Female Genital Mutilation 114
• Twenty - Abortion Technologies 118
• Twenty-One - Abortion--Ethics 122
• Twenty-Two - Adoption and Restrictions on Abortion--Ethics 125
• Twenty-Three - Prenatal Harm 128
• Twenty-Four - Informed Consent and Women in Labor 132
• Twenty-Five - Reproductive Health in the Workplace 135
• Twenty-Six - Contemporary Midwifery 138
• Part Three - Early Infertility Treatments 145
• Twenty-Seven - Artificial Insemination 149
• Twenty-Eight - Artificial Insemination Policy 154
• Twenty-Nine - Psychosocial Implications of Donor Insemination 160
• Thirty - Lesbian Access to Donor Insemination 166
• Thirty-One - Male Infertility 171
• Thirty-Two - Ovulation Induction 187
• Thirty-Three - Risk Perception and Health Screening 192
• Thirty-Four - Prenatal Diagnosis Technologies 193
• Thirty-Five - Prenatal Diagnosis-- Critical Perspectives 198
• Thirty-Six - Sex Selection 203
• Part Four - Advanced Infertility Techniques 207
• Thirty-Seven - In Vitro Fertilization Overview 211
• Thirty-Eight - In Vitro Fertilization-- Historical Development 218
• Thirty-Nine - Ovarian Suppression by Gnrh Agonists 222
• Forty - Human Pituitary Hormones and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 229
• Forty-One - In Vitro Fertilization-- Culture Media 240
• Forty-Two - In Vitro Maturation and Ova Freezing 242
• Forty-Three - In Vitro Fertilization and Male-Factor Infertility 247
• Forty-Four - Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (gift) 251
• Forty-Five - In Vitro Fertilization--Risks 255
• Forty-Six - Counseling 261
• Forty-Seven - Selection and Assessment for Treatment 265
• Forty-Eight - Egg Donation 269
• Forty-Nine - Surrogacy 272
• Fifty - Baby M Surrogacy Case 280
• Fifty-One - World Health Organization Report on the Place of in Vitro Fertilization in Infertility Care 283
• Fifty-Two - Advanced Infertility Technologies and Occupational Environments 289
• Fifty-Three - Informed Consent and Advanced Infertility Technologies 293
• Fifty-Four - Legislation-- United Kingdom 298
• Fifty-Five - Legislation-- the Netherlands 303
• Fifty-Six - Legislation--France 307
• Fifty-Seven - Legislation--Australia and New Zealand 315
• Fifty-Eight - Legislation--Canada 317
• Fifty-Nine - Legislation-- the United States 320
• Sixty - Legislation-- Germany 324
• Part Five - Reproductive and Genetic Science 333
• Sixty-Two - Embryo Research 337
• Sixty-Three - Embryo Research-- Legal Issues 341
• Sixty-Four - Cloning Technologies 347
• Sixty-Five - Cloning--Ethics 356
• Sixty-Six - Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis 361
• Sixty-Seven - Genetics-- Discrimination 364
• Sixty-Eight - Genetic Counseling 367
• Sixty-Nine - Ectogenesis 370
• Seventy - Genetic Screening and German- Based Eugenics-- Old and New 378
• About the Editor and Contributors 381
• Index 389