ISSUES IN BIOMEDICAL ETHICS General Editors: John Harris, University of Manchester; Soren Holm, University of Copenhagen. Consulting Editor: Ranaan Gillon, Director, Imperial College Health Service, London. North American Consulting Editor: Bonnie Steinbock, Professor of Philosophy, SUNY, Albany. The late twentieth century has witnessed dramatic technological developments in biomedical science and the delivery of health care, and these developments have brought with them important social changes. All too often ethical analysis has lagged behind these changes. The purpose of this series is to provide lively, up-to-date, and authoritative studies for the increasingly large and diverse readership concerned with issues in biomedical ethics--not just healthcare trainees and professionals, but also social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, social workers, and legislators. The series will feature both single-author and multi-author books, short and accessible enough to be widely read, each of them focused on an issue of outstanding current importance and interest. Philosophers, doctors, and lawyers from several countries already feature among the authors lined up for the series. It promises to become the leading channel for the best original work in this burgeoning field. this volume: The Future of Human Reproduction brings together new work, by an international group of contributors from various fields and perspectives, on ethical, social, and legal issues raised by recent advances in reproductive technology. These advances have put us in a position to choose what kinds of children and parents there should be; the aim of the essays is to illuminate how we should deal with these possibilities for choice. Topics discussed include gender and race selection, genetic engineering, fertility treatment, ovarian tissue transfer, and post-menopausal pregnancy. The central focus of the volume is the interface between reproductive choice and public regulation. 'The Future of Human Reproduction is a roadmap for twenty-first century reproductive technologies written by leading thinkers in the field for philosophers, policy makers, and clinicians. However, it will perhaps be equally useful for parents and other members of our most important social institutions, as we struggle to cope with the rapidly changing reproductive horizon.' Glenn McGee, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics

About the Author
John Harris is Professor of Bioethics and Applied Philosophy, and Director of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, at the University of Manchester. Soren Holm has a Chair in Bioethics at the Cardiff Institute for Society, Health and Ethics and is the director of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society

Reviews
It is very hard to produce a timely book about a subject that changes as quickly as technologically assisted reproduction. But John Harris and Soren Holm have managed to do exactly that. The fourteen essays in this small volume provide an extremely useful and highly readable overview of the key moral, legal and social themes raised by the new ways of making babies. * Arthur Caplan, British Medical Journal *
this is a worthwhile collection of new essays ... useful ... to have a collection of essays all written in the kind of style associated with the best scientific journalism; not too technical, nor scaremongering * Baroness Mary Warnock, Times Higher Education Supplement *
thoughtful ... often convincing in pointing to the inadequacy of certain arguments in favour of restricting reproductive choices. * Onora O'Neill, Times Literary Supplement *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198237617
Author John Harris
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 433g
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 145mm * 20mm