This book presents a comparative study examining assisted reproductive technology policies in North America and Europe. Based on original and detailed research, this up-to-date volume establishes a knowledge base for understanding policy debates on topics such as embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning.
Author(s): Ivar Bleiklie
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 10
List of tables......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 13
Series editor's preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
List of abbreviations......Page 19
The comparative policy design perspective......Page 22
ART policy in Belgium: a bioethical paradise?......Page 42
ART policy in Italy: explaining the lack of comprehensive regulation......Page 63
Policy networks, federalism and managerial ideas: how ART non-decision in Canada safeguards the autonomy of the medical profession......Page 85
The United States: national talk and state action in governing ART......Page 103
ART in Spain: technocratic inheritance and modernist aspirations......Page 123
The United Kingdom: regulation through a national licensing authority......Page 141
France: protecting human dignity while encouraging scientific progress......Page 159
The Netherlands: conflict and consensus on ART policy......Page 176
Germany: ART policies as embryo protection......Page 195
Switzerland: policy design and direct democracy......Page 212
Legislation for protection: why Norway designed restrictive policies in the field of ART......Page 230
Comparing policy design across countries: what accounts for variation in ART policy?......Page 249
Appendix......Page 275
Bibliography......Page 278
Index......Page 300
