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The Infertility Treadmill. Feminist Ethics, Personal Choice, and the Use of Reproductive Technologies.
Karey Harwood
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Paperback. Combining attention to lived experience with the critical tools of ethics, this book explores why many women who use the tools of high-tech assisted reproduction tend to use them repeatedly, even when the results are unsuccessful. This book offers a humanistic account of infertility and its resolution in a twenty-first-century American context. Series: Studies in Social Medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HPQ; JFFK; MFKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Combining attention to lived experience with the critical tools of ethics, Karey Harwood explores why many women who use the tools of high-tech assisted reproduction tend to use them repeatedly, even when the results are unsuccessful. With a compassionate look at the individual decision making behind the desire to become pregnant and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), Harwood extends the public conversation beyond debates about individual choice by considering the experiences of families and by addressing the broader ethical problems presented by these technologies. Incorporating the personal narratives of women who are members of RESOLVE, the nation's leading ... Read more
Combining attention to lived experience with the critical tools of ethics, Karey Harwood explores why many women who use the tools of high-tech assisted reproduction tend to use them repeatedly, even when the results are unsuccessful. With a compassionate look at the individual decision making behind the desire to become pregnant and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), Harwood extends the public conversation beyond debates about individual choice by considering the experiences of families and by addressing the broader ethical problems presented by these technologies. Incorporating the personal narratives of women who are members of RESOLVE, the nation's leading ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social Medicine
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807858479
SKU
V9780807858479
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About Karey Harwood
KAREY HARWOOD is assistant professor of philosophy and religion at North Carolina State University.
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