The Art of Making Children

The New World of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Francois Ansermet

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Routledge
05 July 2019

Medical ethics & professional conduct; Human reproduction, growth & development

This book explores the issues that surround medically assisted reproduction. It addresses the place of destiny, including how to think about individual destinies in an age of increasingly accessible gene sequencing paired with a growing link between procreation and prediction.

By: Francois Ansermet
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780367327514
ISBN 10: 0367327511
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction -- Questions of Origin -- Introduction to Part I -- The gift of life -- The child explorer -- Why a child at all costs? -- Sexuality and procreation -- The father in procreation -- Being another -- New modes of origin -- Death in procreation -- Questions of Difference -- Introduction to Part II -- Donor insemination -- Same-sex procreation -- The child who comes from the cold -- A desire to clone -- Questions of Destiny -- Introduction to Part III -- A present-day oracle -- The tragedies of predictions -- The uncertainty of predictions -- The aspirations of pre-implantation diagnoses -- Procreation in the web of prediction -- Beyond Procreation -- Introduction to Part IV -- The mutations of the Symbolic -- Programmed not to be programmed -- The enclaves of the unexpected -- The fault line of origin -- Everything can always change

Ansermet, Francois