{"product_id":"9789048158669","title":"Prosthetic Bodies: The Construction of the Fetus and the Couple as Patients in Reproductive Technologies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProsthetic Bodies: The Construction of the Fetus and the Couple as Patients in Reproductive Technologies\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003evan der Ploeg, I.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the vast literature on contemporary reproductive  technologies, \u003cem\u003eProsthetic Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e stands out in its effective  combination of insights, methods, and theories from the history of  medicine, constructivist science and technology studies, and feminist  theory. The double focus on IVF and related techniques, and fetal  treatment and surgery, enables the identification of debatable  tendencies within today's reproductive medicine: the translation of  ever more medical problems basically unrelated to women's own  reproductive health - and, in the case of fetal diagnosis and  treatment, sometimes formerly even unrelated to reproduction as such  - into medical indications for invasive, often highly  experimental interventions in women's bodies. The analyses show how,  through the operations and workings of reproductive technologies  themselves, as well as a variety of discursive mechanisms within  scientific language, today's recasting of men's fertility problems and  children's congenital anomalies as women's reproductive problems comes  to appear inevitable. The book challenges the ability of traditional  forms of medical ethics and law to adequately identify this  incremental process. \u003cbr\u003e  The careful analyses and arguments in \u003cem\u003eProsthetic Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e will be  relevant to students of science and technology, gender studies,  philosophy, medical ethics, and law, and others interested in the  cultural, ethical, and political ramifications of contemporary  reproductive technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-10-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789048158669\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9847-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 244cm x170cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 172\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50149028429964,"sku":"9789048158669","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789048158669.jpg?v=1779569661","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789048158669","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}