The Art of Making Children: The New World of Assisted Reproductive Technology
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782204741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP). . Francois Ansermet is a psychoanalyst, professor, and head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at the University of Geneva
The final chapter of the book, however, ends with a powerful optimistic note and one that can as easily apply to many of our other existential anxieties. Anguish is the mark of this. "In this book the sense of vertigo felt in the face of the transmission of life is not only philosophical but is also inscribed in the concrete aspects of clinical practice. Combining literary allusions, philosophical analysis and psychoanalytic insights, and using examples from a variety of sources including his own practice, he elucidates in detail the illusion of certainty and predictability as well as the inherent challenges in a variety of real or possible scenarios. This is a very timely study that looks at highly relevant issues both for the present as well as the future." (Edward Nersessian, MD, training and supervising psychoanalyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute) . There i
New advances are announced and hit the headlines with dizzying regularity, triggering the hopes and aspirations of some, and the fears of others. Advances in assisted reproductive technology are producing a new world whose boundaries and implications have yet to be fully explored and understood. However, in parallel this has created a demand for applications outside the fields for which these technologies were originally intended. What is possible? What are the implications? What should be permissible? Who should decide?Medically assisted reproductive techniques were developed to treat sterility and infertility. This book explores the issues that surround medically assisted reproduction by addressing them from the perspective of four key areas: the mystery of procreation and the enigma of origin and where we come from; the question of difference and alterity in procreation (be it the breaking down of the notion that one comes from two in heterologous procreation to the aspi