Main description:

The first IVF conceived birth in 1978 resulted in a significant growth of third party reproductive options which continue to raise ethical, legal, and psychological questions. Third party reproduction procedures can involve as many as five people: sperm donor, egg donor, gestational carrier, and intended parents. Third-Party Reproduction: A Comprehensive Guide utilizes experts in the field to address the medical, psychological, ethical and legal aspects of sperm donation, egg donation, embryo donation, and the use of gestational carriers. In addition, there are chapters on the medical and ethical aspects of posthumous reproduction, religious aspects of third party reproduction, and how to avoid pitfalls of third party reproduction. Aimed at physicians, trainees, psychologists, nurses, and social workers whose practices may include patients considering third party reproduction, the intent of this book is to provide a comprehensive and practical overview of the many aspects of third party reproduction to help all those involved to better understand them. Patients considering third party reproduction may also find value in this book.

Contents:

Part I. Oocyte Donation

Chapter 1. Medical Implications of Oocyte Donation

Joao Correia De Pinho and William E. Gibbons

Chapter 2. Oocyte Donation: Legal Aspects

Margaret E. Swain

Chapter 3. Oocyte Donation: Psychological Aspects

Linda D. Applegarth

Chapter 4. Oocyte Donation: Ethical Aspects

Michelle L. McGowan and Leah Wilson

Part II. Gestational Surrogacy

Chapter 5. Gestational Carrier: Medical Aspects

James M. Goldfarb

Chapter 6. Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Arrangements: Legal Aspects

Margaret E. Swain

Chapter 7. Use of Gestational Carriers: Psychological Aspects

Dorothy A. Greenfeld

Chapter 8. The Ethics of Hiring a Gestational Carrier

Kavita Shah

Part III. Embryo Donation

Chapter 9. Embryo Donation: Medical Aspects

Bonnie G. Patel and Brooke V. Rossi

Chapter 10. Embryo Donation: Legal Aspects

Susan Crockin and Lauren Nussbaum

Chapter 11. Embryo Donation: Psychological Aspects

Lindsay Childress-Beatty

Chapter 12. Embryo Donation: Ethical Issues

Stephanie O. Corley and Jessica Wilen Berg

Part IV. Sperm Donation

Chapter 13. Donor Insemination

Brooke V. Rossi

Chapter 14. Sperm Donation: Legal Aspects

Stephanie O. Corley and Maxwell Mehlman

Chapter 15. Sperm Donation: Psychological Aspects

William D. Petok

Chapter 16. Sperm Donation: Ethical Aspects

Julie R. Severson

Part V. Posthumous Reproduction

Chapter 17. Medical Aspects of Posthumous Reproduction

Christopher Brede and Edmund Sabanegh, Jr.

Chapter 18. Ethical Implications of Posthumous Reproduction

Valarie K. Blake and Hannah L. Kushnick

Part VI. Religion and Third-Party Reproduction

Chapter 19. Hagar's Child: Theology, Ethics, and the Third Party in Emerging Reproductive Technology

Laurie Zoloth and Alyssa A. Henning

Part VII. Navigating Third-Party Reproduction

Chapter 20. Choosing Egg Donors and Gestational Carriers: Avoiding the Pitfalls

Mindy Berkson