Vaccination against pregnancy : miracle or menace?

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    • Richter, Judith

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Vaccination against pregnancy : miracle or menace?

Judith Richter

Spinifex Press , Zed Books, 1996

  • : pbk
  • : Spinifex

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-177) and index

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巻冊次

ISBN 9781856492812

内容説明

Researchers are currently developing a contraceptive which works through a woman's immune system. They act by provoking an auto-immune response tricking the body into attacking its own reproductive hormones as though they were some kind of infection. This book argues that public debate is essential before immunological contraceptives become a way of life for women. Will the new contraceptives be reliable? Are the resu lts re versible? Can the safety of women and their future children be assured? Does their design make coercion and abuse likely? These are some of the questions raised by this book.

目次

  • A new method for fertility control - immunological contraceptives
  • characteristics of immunological contraceptives
  • risk/benefit assessment of immunological contraceptives - efficacy, reversibility, safety and prevention of STD transmission - potential for abuse - benefits attributed to immunological contraceptive research
  • principles of research and ethical standards for immunological contraceptive research
  • immunological contraceptives - miracle or menace?
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781856492829

内容説明

Researchers are currently developing a contraceptive which works through a woman's immune system. They act by provoking an auto-immune response tricking the body into attacking its own reproductive hormones as though they were some kind of infection. This book argues that public debate is essential before immunological contraceptives become a way of life for women. Will the new contraceptives be reliable? Are the results reversible? Can the safety of women and their future children be assured? Does their design make coercion and abuse likely? These are some of the questions raised by this book.

目次

  • A new method for fertility control - immunological contraceptives
  • characteristics of immunological contraceptives
  • risk/benefit assessment of immunological contraceptives - efficacy, reversibility, safety and prevention of STD transmission - potential for abuse - benefits attributed to immunological contraceptive research
  • principles of research and ethical standards for immunological contraceptive research
  • immunological contraceptives - miracle or menace?
巻冊次

: Spinifex ISBN 9781875559572

内容説明

The immunological contraceptives now under development are being hailed as a breakthrough in medical science and a solution to population growth in developing countries. They work by provoking an auto-immune response which tricks the body into attacking its own reproductive hormones as though they were some kind of infection. But preventing pregnancy is not like fighting a disease. Will these new contraceptives be reliable? Are they safe? Are the results reversible? And does their design encourage coercion and abuse? This book offers a critique of immunological contraceptives and raises the fundamental question of who controls what and for what purpose.

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