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Author Djerassi, Carl

Title An immaculate misconception : sex in an age of mechanical reproduction / Carl Djerassi
Published London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 134 pages) : illustrations
Contents Production History -- Act 1, Scene 1 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 1, Scene 2 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 1, Scene 3 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 1, Scene 4 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 1, Scene 5 -- Act 1, Scene 6 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 2, Scene 7 -- Act 2, Scene 8 -- Act 2, Scene 9 -- Act 2, Scene 10 -- E-Mail Interlude -- Act 2, Scene 11
Summary One of the most challenging issues of the 21st century is the impending separation of sex (in bed) and reproduction (under the microscope) as a result of recent advances in contraception and assisted reproduction. Many of the ethical and societal issues associated with these new reproductive technologies, notably intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), are raised in an unusual format - namely in dialogic form - which is both entertaining and pedagogically informative
Subject Medical ethics -- Drama
Medical drama.
Fertilization in vitro -- Drama
Artificial insemination, Human -- Drama
DRAMA -- American.
Artificial insemination, Human
Fertilization in vitro
Medical drama
Medical ethics
Genre/Form Drama
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781848160101
1848160100