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Presenting the first test-tube baby : the Edwards and Steptoe lecture of 1979 / Fiona Kisby Littleton, Susan Bewley, James Owen Drife

Author
Littleton, Fiona Kisby
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
Additional Creators
Bewley, Susan and Drife, James O., 1947-
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Summary
In January 1979, Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe delivered a lecture detailing the ten-year clinical and scientific research programme that led to the birth of Louise Brown, the first baby born utilising IVF. This thoroughly-researched book provides both a full annotated transcript of the lecture as well as recorded reminiscences from those who attended, detailing the contemporary understandings of the event. An essay on the lecture's historical context adds fresh insight into the biographies of Edwards and Steptoe and highlights sources from print and broadcast media that have received scant attention in earlier publications. Current and future implications of the advances in IVF since the first procedure are also explored, examining future medical and scientific possibilities as well as ethical issues that may arise.
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9781009210997 ebook
9781009211031 hardback
9781009211024 paperback
Note
Also issued in print: 2023.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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