The Pursuit of Parenthood
reproductive technology from test-tube babies to uterus transplants
$72.52
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2019
Summary
A wide-ranging history of assisted reproductive technologies and their ethical implications.
Finalist of the PROSE Award for Best Book in History of Science, Medicine and Technology by the Association of American Publishers
Since the 1978 birth of the first IVF baby, Louise Brown, in England, more than eight million children have been born with the help of assisted reproductive technologies. From the start, they have stirred controversy and raised profound questions: Should the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421429847 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421429845 |
| Author: | Margaret Marsh, Wanda Ronner |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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“Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner are clear in what they advocate… they are wonderfully level-headed guides.”
Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner are clear in what they advocate … they are wonderfully level-headed guides.—Michele Pridmore-Brown, Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Margaret Marsh
Margaret Marsh is a university professor of history at Rutgers University. Wanda Ronner is a professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. They are the authors of The Empty Cradle: Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present and The Fertility Doctor: John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution.
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