Test-Tube Babies
OUP, $17. 95, 165 pp, 0 19 554342 4
Philosophy
Test-Tube Babies edited by William Walters and Peter Singer
by Brian Scarlett •
The Monash University team at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne has achieved great success in its endeavours to relieve infertility by the production of ‘test-tube babies’. This collection explains what goes on, discusses moral and legal problems relating to the programme, and gives a preview of what might lie ahead. The contributors include members of the medical team, their clients, and moral philosophers and theologians.
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