Towards a professional model of surrogate motherhood. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ruth Walker, Liezl van Zyl.
• Authors: (Lecturer), Walker, Ruth; Van Zyl, Liezl L
• Contents: Preface; Contents; 1 Three Models of Surrogacy; Introduction; The Altruistic Model; Difficulties with Altruistic Surrogacy; The Commercial Model; Commercial Contracts; Contracts and Parental Rights; Relinquishment; Against Commercial Contracts; The Professional Model; Professional Norms; The Structure of the Professional Model; Licensing; Registration; Fees; Support Services; Protection for Surrogates; Intended Parents' Responsibilities; Conclusion; References; 2 Exploitation and Commodification; Introduction; Exploitation; Unfair Advantage; Invalid Consent; Fair Price Taking Advantage of UnfairnessMutually Advantageous Exploitation; Permissible Exploitation; Fair Compensation; Being Complicit in Injustice; Domestic Surrogacy; Commodification; What Is Commodification?; Surrogates as Commodities; Reproductive Organs as Commodities; Babies as Commodities; Conclusion; References; 3 Altruism and Generosity; Introduction; Gifts; Gift Exchange; Community Sharing and Market Pricing Relationships; Moral Obligations in Gift Exchanges; Surrogacy and Community Sharing; Kinship and Social Connectedness; Relational Devaluation; Gift of Life; The Tyranny of the Gift AltruismAltruistic Care; Descriptive Altruism; The Costs of the Altruistic Ideal; Gendering; Generosity; Generosity and Self-interest; Generosity at Work; Dimensions of Generosity; Gratitude; The Functions of Gratitude; Gratitude and Generosity in the Professional Model; Conclusion; References; 4 Trustworthiness and Care; Introduction; What Is Trust?; Calculative Trust; Relational Trust; Risk and Uncertainty; Trustworthiness; Trust; The External Environment; Human Psychology; Relational Trust in Surrogacy; Cues; Trust Within the Relationship; Trust and Transnational Surrogacy Power and StatusThe Effects of Power; Power and Trust; Social Distance in Transnational Surrogacy; Trust and Domestic Surrogacy; Trusting Intended Parents; Trust in the Professions; What Is Care?; Dimensions of Care; Components of Trust in the Caring Professions; Professional Obligations ; Professional Vulnerability; Power and the Professions; Gestational Care and Trust; Conclusion; References; 5 Law and Regulation; Introduction; Legal Parentage; Genetic Relationship; Anchor 5; Physical Investment; Emotional and Social Costs; Maternal-Fetal-Attachment; Non-gestational Parenthood Best InterestsIntention-Based Parentage; Objections to Intention-Based Parentage; Mechanisms and Timing; Our Proposal; Surrogacy Agreements; The Intended Baby's Rights and Interests; Abortion for Fetal Abnormality; Screening Intended Parents; Regulatory Power; Transnational Surrogacy; Conclusion; References; 6 The Professions and Professional Ethics; Introduction; Medical Profession; Embryo Transfer; Counselling; Social Workers; Midwives and Maternity Services; The Surrogate; Conscientious Objection to Abortion; Conclusion; References; 7 Hard Cases; Introduction
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.8743; Social sciences; Surrogate motherhood; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Surrogate motherhood; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical -- Ethics; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Sociology; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy; Politics & government; Technology—Sociological aspects; Ethics; Social justice; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Sociology: family & relationships; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137586582; 1137586583
• Related ISBNs: 9781137586575; 1137586575
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 21, 2017).
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