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Prosthetic Bodies

The Construction of the Fetus and the Couple as Patients in Reproductive Technologies

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Authors:
  1. Irma Ploeg

    1. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 1-6

  3. Preliminary Movements

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 7-42

  4. The Making of the New Patients

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 43-71

  5. Treatments for Men and Children

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 73-98

  6. Elusive Body Boundaries and Individuality

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 99-122

  7. Only Angels Can Do Without Skin

    • Irma van der Ploeg
    Pages 123-136

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 137-172
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About this book

Among the vast literature on contemporary reproductive technologies, Prosthetic Bodies 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.
The careful analyses and arguments in Prosthetic Bodies 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Irma Ploeg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prosthetic Bodies

  • Book Subtitle: The Construction of the Fetus and the Couple as Patients in Reproductive Technologies

  • Authors: Irma Ploeg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9847-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0116-1Published: 31 December 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5866-9Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9847-7Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 172

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Ethics

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