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BL
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596619
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b425838
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| Main Entry
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Deech, Ruth.
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| Title & Author
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From IVF to immortality : : controversy in the era of reproductive technology /\ Ruth Deech, Anna Smajdor
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1 online resource (x, 233 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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9780191713002 (electronic bk.)
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9780199219780
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| Notes
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Description based on print version record
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-230) and index
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| Contents
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Reproductive technologies and the birth of the HFEA -- Ethics, embryos, and infertility -- Saviour siblings, designer babies, and sex selection -- Fertility is a feminist issue -- Private lives and public policy : the story of Diane Blood -- Human rights and reproduction -- Deconstructing the family -- Embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning
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| Abstract
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This text provides a clear, simple account of techniques involved in assisted reproduction and embryo research. It explores controversies raised by developments in reproductive technology since the first IVF baby in 1978, such as 'saviour siblings', designer babies, reproductive cloning and embryo research
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Human reproduction-- Government policy-- Great Britain.
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Human reproductive technology-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain.
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Human reproductive technology-- Moral and ethical aspects-- Great Britain.
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Human reproductive technology-- Social aspects-- Great Britain.
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Embryo Research-- ethics.
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Embryo Research-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted-- ethics.
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United Kingdom.
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| Dewey Classification
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176
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| LC Classification
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RG133.5.D44 2007
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2007 M-259
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WQ 33 FA1D311f 2007
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| Added Entry
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Smajdor, Anna.
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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