New Approaches to Human Reproduction

Linda M. Whiteford. Associate Professor Medical Track Leader, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida. Marilyn L. Poland, Associate Professor Department Obstetrics/ Gynecology, Wayne State University.

• Introduction Part One: Ethics of Quality, Access, and Care During Pregnancy 1. The Ultimate Failure: Court-Ordered Cesarean Section 2. Chromosomes and Communication: The Discourse of Genetic Counseling 3. Ethical Issues in the Delivery of Quality Care to Pregnant Indigent Women Part Two: Ethical Decisions in the Treatment of Newborns 4. Life-and-Death Decisions and the Sociology of Knowledge: The Case of Neonatal Intensive Care 5. Deciding to Treat Newborns: Changes in Pediatricians' Responses to Treatment Choices 6. Decision Making About Care of Catastrophically Ill Newborns: The Use of Technological Criteria 7. From Principles to Practice: Life-and-Death Decisions in the Intensive-Care Nursery Part Three: Ethical Implications of Family Formation by Surrogacy 8. The Technology of AID and Surrogacy 9. Secrecy and the New Reproductive Technologies 10. Commercial Surrogacy: Social Issues Behind the Controversy 11. Surrogate Mothering in the Marketplace: Will Sales Law Act as Surrogate for Surrogacy Law? 12. Surrogacy in the United Kingdom 13. The Baby M Case: A Class Struggle over Undefined Rights, Unenforceable Responsibilities, and Inadequate Remedies