Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE
  • THE ECONOMICS OF INFERTILITY 16
  • Myths and Realities in the Economics of Infertility 17
  • Intersection: Ethics and Economics 30
  • Distributive Justice and Assisted Reproduction 30
  • CHAPTER TWO
  • THE ETHICS OFASSISTED REPRODUCTION 42
  • The Ethics of Assisted Reproduction 43
  • What about Adoption? 56
  • Reproduction and the Common Good 60
  • CHAPTER THREE
  • ASSISTED REPRODUCTIONAND
  • THE GOALS OF MEDICINE 66
  • Infertility, Suffering, and the Goals of Medicine 68
  • Living with Infertility 70
  • Inside/Outside: The Medical Construction of Infertility 74
  • Some Preliminary Conclusions 78
  • Reflecting on the Goals of Medicine 80
  • CHAPTER FOUR
  • RECONCEIVING PROCREATIVE LIBERTY 91
  • John Robertson and the Meaning of Procreative Liberty 93
  • Rights Talk and the Critique of Procreative Liberty, American-Style 96
  • Border Tensions 101
  • Procreative Liberty and Catholic Social Teaching 106
  • Conclusion 115
  • CHAPTER FIVE
  • ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND
  • ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE 122
  • Human Dignity and Access to Health Care 125
  • A Decent Minimum 127
  • Sufficiency 129
  • Investments in Reproducing 132
  • Equity and Access 134
  • At the Boundaries 139
  • Setting Limits 142
  • Conclusion 144
  • CHAPTER SIX
  • FAITH AND INFERTILITY 150
  • Mixed Messages and Missed Opportunities 151
  • Creating a Context 158
  • From Spiritual Crisis to Spiritual Quest 160
  • Conclusions and the Work Yet to Be Done 164
  • CONCLUSION 171
  • INDEX 177.