In Vitro Fertilisation in the 1990s

Part 1 Introduction: introduction and development of IVF and its ethical regulation, Robert G. Edwards; two decades of IVF - a critical appraisal, Lene Koch; interdisciplinarity and the specific responsibility of ethics towards science and technology, Paul von Tongeren; different ethical perspectives in IVF discussion, Dietmar Mieth. Part 2 Infertility: a personal account of infertility, Phil Taylor and Kathie Taylor; different kinds of infertility, possibe reasons for infertility, Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg and Ulrich Gohring; accepting infertility, Ian Cooke; social aspects of infertility, Agneta Sutton; psychosocial aspects of infertility and treatment, Lone Schmidt; is the desire for a child too strong? or is there a right to a child of one's own?, Walter Lesch; to an ethics of desire, Paul van Tongeren. Part 3 Indications for in vitro fertilization: infertility treatment without consideration of differenciated indications, Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg; infertility propagated to the next generation by in vitro fertilization, Dieter Meschede and Jurgen Horst; what shall we do with the unexplained infertility?, Urban Wiesing; alternative non-IVF therapies, Aldo Campana and Dilys Walker; ethical considerations concerning alternatives to IVF therapies, Monika Stuhlinger. Part 4 Counselling in the process of decision making: ethical decision-making for in vitro fertilization in a multicultural setting, Farhan Yazdani; the process of ethical decision making, Hille Haker; counselling practice, Ian Cooke; ethical neutrality in counselling? the challenge of infertility, Stella Reiter-Theil; the illusion of neutrality in counselling practice, Walter Lesch; genetic counselling, Ulrike Mau. Part 5 IVF-treatment - chances and risks: success of in vitro fertilization, Brian Lieberman; success rates in IVF, Urban Wiesing; IVF, its success rates and their ethical significance, Alberto Bondolfi; multiple pregnancy, Brian Lieberman; multifoetal pregnancies - reduction or prevention?, Guido de Wert; multifoetal pregnancies - considerations in couples with a genetic problem, Ulrike Mau; the effects of IVF on the women involved, Barbara Maier; in vitro fertilization and freedom of action, Elisabeth Hildt; freedom through science?, Gunter Virt. Part 6 Human embryos in IVF: human embryos in medical practice, Ian Cooke; are there inconsistencies in our ethical understanding of the human embryo?, Eve-Marie Engels; supernumerary embryos - some social issues, Anne McLaren; social issues surrounding supernumerary embryos, Carmen Kaminsky; the status of human embryos in Irish medical practice, Deirdre Madden; the fate of supernumerary embryos - what do patients think about it?, Yvon Englert; putting IVF-clients' views on the fate of their embryos into context, Sigrid Graumann. Part 7 The status of human embryos: the moral status of potential persons, Klaus Steigleder. (Part contents)