Book Review
The editors of this book bring together the insights and perspectives that men and women, but mostly women, brought to a workshop built around the ethical issues of reproductive technologies. They structured the book around five issues: diethylstilbestrol, prenatal diagnosis, the neonate, selection...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England Journal of Medicine 1981, Vol.305 (22), p.1356-1356 |
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Sprache: | eng |
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Zusammenfassung: | The editors of this book bring together the insights and perspectives that men and women, but mostly women, brought to a workshop built around the ethical issues of reproductive technologies. They structured the book around five issues: diethylstilbestrol, prenatal diagnosis, the neonate, selection of sex before birth, and manipulative reproductive technologies.
The book examines these subjects from a "women's-values" perspective. That is, instead of a system largely based on technology as intrinsically good, domination, objectification, and profit, the "women's values" reflect respect for individuals, "Personal is Political," autonomy and choice, the community of women, and other values. To reflect such . . .
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM198111263052228 |