Taking Baby Steps

Jody Lynee Madeira is Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law, Indiana University - Bloomington, and the author of Killing McVeigh: The Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue

Part One. infertility as an emotional experience
1. Consent and Sensibility: Emotions, Decision Making, and Informed Consent in Reproductive Medicine
2. “The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants”: Patients’ and Providers’ Reflections on Desperation
3. Conceptive Catch-22s: The Benefits and Burdens of Infertility Emotions

Part Two. (re)productive treatment relationships: from choosing a provider to collaborating in conception
4. Off to See the Wizard: On the Road to Treatment
5. Being Patient: Patients’ Perspectives on Treatment Relationships
6. Doctoring Hope: Providers’ Perspectives on Treatment Relationships

Part Three. documenting the informed consent experience
7. Is Informed Consent in Reproductive Medicine in Critical Condition?
8. Filling in the Blanks: How Patients and Providers Experience Informed Consent
9. For Forms’ Sake: Comparing IVF and Embryo Disposition Forms
Conclusion: Thinking outside the Signature Box

Appendix: Methodology
Notes
Glossary of Common Fertility Terms
Index