The Art of Making Children: The New World of Assisted Reproductive Technology
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782204741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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However, in parallel this has created a demand for applications outside the fields for which these technologies were originally intended. What is possible? What are the implications? What should be permissible? Who should decide?Medically assisted reproductive techniques were developed to treat sterility and infertility. New advances are announced and hit the headlines with dizzying regularity, triggering the hopes and aspirations of some, and the fears of others. This book explores the issues that surround medically assisted reproduction by addressing them from the perspective of four key areas: the mystery of procreation and the enigma of origin and where we come from; the question of difference and alterity in procreation (be it the breaking down of the notion that one comes from two in heterologous procreation to the aspirations for same-sex procreation, or the blurring of
The author never overlooks what psychoanalysis brings to an understanding of these phenomena and the prospects they open up. Anguish is the mark of this. This is a very timely study that looks at highly relevant issues both for the present as well as the future." (Edward Nersessian, MD, training and supervising psychoanalyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute) . His enthusiasm is all the more communicative for this reason. In vitro fertilisation, surrogate mothers, use of other eggs and sperm, same-sex parents and uterus transplants have heralded a whole range of new possibilities. Technological advances of the past twenty-five years or so have significantly
Francois Ansermet is a psychoanalyst, professor, and head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at the University of Geneva. . He is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP)