Encyclopedia Of Reproductive Technologies

Annette Burfoot is associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Canada. Her areas of research and teaching include women and reproductive technologies, popular culture of the body, and the sociology of science and technology. In addition to The Encyclopedia of Reproductive Technologies (1999) she has published on national policy initiatives in reproduction, the popular representation of women in science fiction film, and the social impacts of genetic engineering.

Part One: Theories of ReproductionAncient to Contemporary (Annette Burfoot) Historical Perspectives of Human Reproduction (Nancy Tuana) Infant Feeding (Marjorie Altergott) Sex Preference (Elizabeth Mathiot-Moen) Genetic Engineering (Patricia Spallone) Genetic Diagnosis (Patricia Spallone) New Definitions of Family (Erica Haimes) Response Of The Catholic Church to New Reproductive Technologies (Paul Lauritzen) Reprotech: A Feminist Critique of the Language of Reproductive Technologies (Robyn Rowland) New Reproductive TechnologiesWomen and Science (Sue Rosser) New Reproductive Technologies as Dystopia (David N. James) * Part Two: Early Reproductive Technologies (Annette Burfoot) Birth Technology (James J. Boulton, Patricia A. Stephenson, and Sheryl Burt Ruzek) Birth Technologies: Critical Perspectives (Dorothy C. Wertz) Breastfeeding (Marjorie Altergott) Infant-Feeding Technologies (Marjorie Altergott) Contraception Technologies (Susan Phillips) ContraceptionEthics (Joan C. Callahan) Diethylstilbestrol (DES) (Ellen t Hoen) Menstrual Disorder Technologies (Emma Whelan) Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation (Nahid Toubia) Abortion Technologies (Richard Boroditsky) AbortionEthics (Christine Overall) Adoption and Restrictions on AbortionEthics (David N. James) Prenatal Harm (Joan C. Callahan) Informed Consent And Women In Labor (Rosalind Ekman) Reproductive Health In The Workplace (Regina H. Kenen) Contemporary Midwifery (Vickie Van Wagner) * Part Three: Early Infertility Treatments (Annette Burfoot) Artificial Insemination (Rona Achilles) Artificial Insemination Policy (Anne Donchin) Psychosocial Implications of Donor Insemination (Rona Achilles and Ken Daniels) Lesbian Access to Donor Insemination (Mary Anne Coffey) Male Infertility (Douglas T. Carrell and Ronald L. Urry) Ovulation Induction (Patricia A. Stephenson) Risk Perception And Health Screening (Claire D.F. Parsons) Prenatal Diagnosis Technolo