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The baby business : how money, science, and politics drive the commerce of conception / Debora L. Spar.

By: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2006Description: xix, 299 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781591396208
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RG133.5 .S666 2006
Contents:
The quest to conceive: attacking an ancient affliction -- A cluster of cells: mechanics of the modern fertility market -- Renting wombs for money and love: the emerging market for surrogacy -- Designing babies: fixing flaws and pursuing perfection -- Return to the forbidden planet: issues in human cloning -- Trading places: the practice and politics of adoption -- Songs of Solomon: prospects for building a better baby trade.
Item type: BOOKS
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-277) and index.

The quest to conceive: attacking an ancient affliction -- A cluster of cells: mechanics of the modern fertility market -- Renting wombs for money and love: the emerging market for surrogacy -- Designing babies: fixing flaws and pursuing perfection -- Return to the forbidden planet: issues in human cloning -- Trading places: the practice and politics of adoption -- Songs of Solomon: prospects for building a better baby trade.

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