Designing babies : how technology is changing the ways we create children

Klitzman, Robert (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780190054472
ISBN: 0190054476
Physical Description: print
viii, 345 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A "take home baby" : reproductive dreams and journeys -- "Not part of the parent club" : problems conceiving a healthy child -- Becoming an infertility patient : choosing treatment -- Choosing eggs -- Choosing sperm -- Choosing embryos to avoid disease -- "Family balancing" : choosing sex and other traits -- "Two kids for the price of one?" : choosing twins -- Choosing wombs -- Choosing children: whether to adopt -- Choosing doctors -- "Will they be good enough parents?" : choosing patients -- "How much is a child worth?" : choosing budgets -- Emotional roller coasters : countering other stresses -- Choosing supports -- "Meant to be?" : choosing religion and spirituality -- Choosing education -- Choosing policies -- Designing our future world.