Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Regulating the Reproductive Revolution
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
422 pages
978-1-84174-119-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the "Guide to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990", this volume reviews the regulation of assisted conception including complex moral issues such as abortion, embryo research and cloning. It offers a comprehensive guide to the 1990 legislation as well as important legal and technical developments since that time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84174-119-2 (9781841741192)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Robert G. Lee is Professor of Law. He is the author of SWOT Constitutional and Administrative Law and co-author of Blackstone's Statutes on Public Law and Human Rights. Derek Morgan is Director of Education Chair and Education Development Panel Reader in Health Care Law and Jurisprudence at Cardiff Law School.
Author
Professor of Law and HeadProfessor of Law and Head, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales
Director of Education Chair and Education Development Panel Reader in Health Care Law and JurisprudenceDirector of Education Chair and Education Development Panel Reader in Health Care Law and Jurisprudence, Cardiff Law School , University of Wales
Content
Law, morals and assisted conception; overview of reproductive developments - 1990-2000; globalization, assisted conception services and regulating the reproductive quadrille; abortion; embryo research; genetics, cloning and human reproduction; the HFEA; assisted conception law and regulating clinical practice; surrogacy; children of the reproductive revolution - status provisions; miscellaneous issues.