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(Medical Ethics Series.) Edited by Cynthia B. Cohen. 332 pp. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1996. $39.95. ISBN 0-253-33058-0.

This book explores the ethical issues that modern reproductive technologies have made real. Many of the principles guiding the treatment of medical problems come from traditional medicine; only later are philosophical and moral questions examined, and they may or may not influence the development of new treatments. Reproductive medicine has had to contend not only with technical advances but also with popular opinion. Laws relating to what makes a family and how property rights are handled between people have a rich and scholarly tradition. Many issues surrounding who had parental responsibility and who had a say in the rearing and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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