The 'Healthy' Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal And Philosophical Perspectives - Softcover

Nisker, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521748135 ISBN 13: 9780521748131

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Public attention on embryo research has never been greater. Modern reproductive medicine technology and the use of embryos to generate stem cells ensure that this will continue to be a topic of debate and research across many disciplines. This multidisciplinary book explores the concept of a 'healthy' embryo, its implications on the health of children and adults, and how perceptions of what constitutes child and adult health influence the concept of embryo 'health'. The concept of human embryo health is considered from preconception to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to recent foetal surgical approaches. Burgeoning capacities in both genetic and reproductive science and their clinical implications have catalysed the necessity to explore the concept of a 'healthy' embryo. The authors are from five countries and 13 disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, biological sciences and medicine, ensuring that the book has a broad coverage and approach.

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Book Description

Modern reproductive medicine technology and the use of embryos to generate stem cells ensure that embryo research will continue to be a topic of debate and research across many disciplines. This multidisciplinary book explores the concept of a 'healthy' embryo in all its ramifications.

About the Author

Jeff Nisker is Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Oncology, and Coordinator of Health Ethics and Humanities at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521748135
• ISBN 13: 9780521748131
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 298