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• Title:The right to know one's origins : assisted human reproduction and the best interests of children / Juliet R. Guichon ; Ian Mitchell ; Michelle Giroux.
  
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• Author/Creator:Guichon, Juliet R.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Guichon, Juliet Ruth, 1958- editor.
  Mitchell, Ian, 1943- editor.
  Giroux, Michelle, editor.
  
• Published/Created:Brussel : Academic & Scientific Publ., 2012.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: WQ208 .G842 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation.
  
• Medical Subjects: Reproductive Techniques, Assisted--ethics
  Reproductive Techniques, Assisted--legislation & jurisprudence
  Access to Information--ethics
  Access to Information--legislation & jurisprudence
  Confidentiality--ethics
  Confidentiality--legislation & jurisprudence
  Legislation as Topic
  Child Advocacy
  Canada
  
• Description:352 p ; cm.
  
• Summary:This collection of essays addresses the interests and rights of donor-conceived people. The contributors shine light from many directions on the issues of secrecy and donor anonymity. Adults and children who have been donorconceived offer their varied and sometimes emotion-rich perspectives; health scientists review the literature and assess the health risks of secrecy and anonymity; ethics experts discuss the history and ethics of the issues; and legal scholars consider international and domestic law, and formulate actionable proposals for legislative change. This book puts the child of assisted conception at the centre. It makes a significant contribution to the debate about whether people who are donor-conceived should know the circumstances of their conception, and the identity of their progenitors.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9789057182358
  9057182351
  
• Contents:Introduction / Juliet Guichon, Ian Mitchell, Michelle Giroux
  Who I come from / Barry Stevens
  Everyone is here for a reason / Naomi Williams
  How I learned the truth and what else I'd like to know / J.S.
  Does the right to know matter? / Bill Cordray
  Attempting to learn my biological father's identity : a Canadian tale of frustration and eventually litigation / Olivia Pratten
  Seeking answers in the ether : longing to know one's origins is evident from donor conception websites / Rhonda E. Harris and Laura Shanner
  Historical aspects of advanced reproductive technology / Ian Mitchell
  Canadian medical codes of ethics and the issue of gamete provider anonymity / Ian Mitchell and Juliet Guichon
  Identity harm : lesson from adoption for donor conception / Joanna Rose
  A review of studies that have considered family functioning and psychosocial outcomes for donor-conceived offspring / Stacey A. Page
  The effect of disclosure or non-disclosure on the psychosocial development of donor-conceived people : a review and synthesis of the literature / W. Ben Gibbard
  Identity development in the donor-conceived / Jean Benward
  The health benefits to children having their genetic information : the importance of family trees / Julie L. Lauzon
  Donor anonymity in the Assisted Human Reproduction Act : the back story / Alison Motluk
  When is a secret justified? : ethics and donor anonymity / Laura Shanner
  This is not baby talk : Canadian international human rights obligations regarding the rights to health, identity and family relations / Verónica B. Piñero
  A comparison of the law in Canada related to the disclosure of information regarding the biological parents of adoptees and the donor-conceived / Juliet R. Guichon
  A tale of two embryos : record keeping after gamete or embryo donation in cattle and humans / Alison Motluk
  The recognition of the right to identity of children born of assisted procreation : a provincial responsibility / Michelle Giroux and Mariana De Lorenzi
  How Canadian common law might change to facilitate legislation to permit the donor-conceived to access information regarding their progenitors / Juliet R. Guichon
  Time to stop lying / David Gollancz
  Conclusion / Juliet Guichon, Ian Mitchell, Michelle Giroux.