Surrogate Motherhood Families [electronic resource] / by Olga B.A. van den Akker.

By: van den Akker, Olga B.A [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Description: XIII, 321 p. 22 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319604534Subject(s): Psychology | Medical ethics | Human rights | Families | Families -- Social aspects | Community psychology | Environmental psychology | Psychology | Community and Environmental Psychology | Family | Theory of Medicine/Bioethics | Psychosocial Studies | Human RightsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 155.9 LOC classification: BF353RA790.55Online resources: e-book Full-text access In: Springer eBooksSummary: This comprehensive book covers the research, theory, policy and practice context of unusual reproduction using third parties. Olga Van den Akker details the psychological adaptation required to continuing changes in public opinion, advances in technologies and new legislations in surrogate motherhood and discusses their impact at an individual, societal and global level. She describes the competing interests and interactions between legal, organisational, personal, social, psychological and cultural issues in relation to biological and genetic surrogate and commissioning parenthood. This book is intended for professionals, practitioners, academics and students interested in the complexities of unusual reproduction using multidisciplinary perspectives.
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This comprehensive book covers the research, theory, policy and practice context of unusual reproduction using third parties. Olga Van den Akker details the psychological adaptation required to continuing changes in public opinion, advances in technologies and new legislations in surrogate motherhood and discusses their impact at an individual, societal and global level. She describes the competing interests and interactions between legal, organisational, personal, social, psychological and cultural issues in relation to biological and genetic surrogate and commissioning parenthood. This book is intended for professionals, practitioners, academics and students interested in the complexities of unusual reproduction using multidisciplinary perspectives.

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