The Challenge of Reproductive Medicine at Catholic Universities: Time to Leave the Catacombs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789042917620)

New technologies, developing at an unbelievable pace, have profoundly changed many areas of reproductive medicine including fertility control, infertility treatment, embryology, prenatal diagnosis and fetal surgery. These fields of modern reproductive medicine are all flourishing at Catholic universities in the Low Countries, Belgium and Holland. However, contraceptive techniques, assisted reproductive technologies, preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryonic stem cell research are deeply dividing Catholic universities around the world. Are Catholic universities in the Low Countries heading silently towards a schism with Rome? Or is modern reproductive medicine based on personalist ethics and practiced at progressive Catholic universities compatible with the Catholic doctrine?

Author: I. Brosens
ISBN-10: 9042917628
ISBN-13: 9789042917620
Publisher: Peeters
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2006
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.46w x 0.63d