TY - BOOK ID - 6917975 TI - Making babies : biomedical technologies, reproductive ethics, and public policy. PY - 1998 SN - 0792351169 9048150426 9401721599 9780792351160 PB - Dordrecht Kluwer Academic Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Human reproductive technology KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Government policy KW - #GBIB:CBMER KW - in-vitrofertilisatie (bevruchting in vitro, proefbuisbaby's) KW - onzekerheid KW - bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) KW - fécondation in vitro (fertilisation in vitro, FIV, fécondation in vitro et embryo transfert, FIVETE) KW - incertitude KW - bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) KW - Government policy. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Assisted human reproduction KW - Assisted conception KW - Conception KW - Human assisted reproduction KW - Human reproduction KW - Medical technology KW - Reproductive technology KW - Technological innovations KW - Assisted human reproductive technology KW - Human assisted reproductive technology KW - Medical ethics. KW - Political science. KW - Ethics. KW - Philosophy. KW - Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. KW - Political Science. KW - Philosophy of Technology. KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Human reproductive technology - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Human reproductive technology - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6917975 AB - The present work tries to show that problematic evaluations of new technologies such as IVF may be as dangerous as no evaluation at all. Because technology assessments may give people a false sense of security, poor ones may serve as a legitimization of premature, dangerous, or misunderstood decisions. Careful analysis of technology assessments may uncover particular epistemological and ethical problems that could misguide public policy. This book is the first to offer an extensive evaluation of four prominent institutional assessments of IVF. This philosophical analysis revels how inadequate assessments may produce policies that are not in the public's best interests. (Book jacket) ER -