Family Building Through Egg and Sperm Donation

by Seibel, MacHelle M.; Crockin, Susan L.

• ISBN13: 9780867204834
• ISBN10: 0867204834
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

In this compilation of essays, a variety of professionals, writing chapters in areas of their expertise, seek to reconcile alternative methods of family creation to those considered the traditional norms. Seibel and Crockin have woven these essays to form a multidisciplinary sourcebook unlike any other.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Prologue
Contributors
Understanding the Medical Procedures and Terminology Surrounding Reproductive Technology	p. 3
Therapeutic Donor Insemination	p. 33
Psychologic Issues Associated with Donor Insemination	p. 53
Program Design for Successful Egg Donation	p. 61
Psychologic Counselling and Screening for Egg Donation	p. 76
Genetic Issues in Gamete Donation	p. 94
Laws Surrounding Reproductive Technologies	p. 113
Insuring Infertility Treatment: Legal Aspects of Insurance Coverage and Discrimination	p. 131
Legal Issues in Egg Donation	p. 144
Egg Donation Consent Forms	p. 158
Charting Uncharted Waters: The Role of the Ethics Advisory Committee	p. 219
Egg Donation in Women Over the Age of Fifty	p. 224
Religious Views Regarding Gamete Donation	p. 238
Consumer Perspectives on the Donor Egg Option	p. 251
Conceptual and Ethical Considerations in Medically Assisted Reproduction	p. 262
Explaining Gamete Donation to Children	p. 274
Egg Donation: Psychological and Counseling Issues Surrounding Disclosure versus Privacy	p. 278
Conceiving the Future: The Impact of the Human Genome Project on Gamete Donation	p. 285
Index	p. 295
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