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Towards a Professional Model of Surrogate Motherhood (eBook)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XI, 200 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-58658-2 (ISBN)

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Towards a Professional Model of Surrogate Motherhood - Ruth Walker, Liezl van Zyl
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This book delves deeply into modern surrogacy arrangements, responding to both practical and ethical critiques by offering a radically new model for surrogate motherhood. Current practice distinguishes between two models of surrogacy - the altruistic (unpaid) model and the commercial (paid) model, both of which present social, ethical, and conceptual challenges. This book proposes a novel arrangement for surrogate motherhood - the professional model. Inspired by professions, such as nursing, teaching, and social work, the professional model acknowledges the caring motives that surrogate mothers have while at the same time compensating them for their work. Walker and Van Zyl adopt an evidence-based approach to explain that the professional model enables trust between intended parents and surrogates, provides professional support at every stage of the relationship, affords legal protections against exploitation and commodification, and recognizes the rights and interests of all parties, including the intended baby. The model applies to both transnational and domestic surrogacy and will be of great interest to policy makers, social researchers, bioethicists, legal scholars, fertility professionals, clinicians, and graduate students in psychology, philosophy, medicine and ethics.


Dr Ruth Walker is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her research areas are in bioethics and social science research ethics.

Dr Liezl van Zyl is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her research areas are virtue ethics and bioethics.


This book delves deeply into modern surrogacy arrangements, responding to both practical and ethical critiques by offering a radically new model for surrogate motherhood. Current practice distinguishes between two models of surrogacy - the altruistic (unpaid) model and the commercial (paid) model, both of which present social, ethical, and conceptual challenges. This book proposes a novel arrangement for surrogate motherhood - the professional model. Inspired by professions, such as nursing, teaching, and social work, the professional model acknowledges the caring motives that surrogate mothers have while at the same time compensating them for their work. Walker and Van Zyl adopt an evidence-based approach to explain that the professional model enables trust between intended parents and surrogates, provides professional support at every stage of the relationship, affords legal protections against exploitation and commodification, and recognizes the rights and interests of all parties, including the intended baby. The model applies to both transnational and domestic surrogacy and will be of great interest to policy makers, social researchers, bioethicists, legal scholars, fertility professionals, clinicians, and graduate students in psychology, philosophy, medicine and ethics.

Dr Ruth Walker is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her research areas are in bioethics and social science research ethics.Dr Liezl van Zyl is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her research areas are virtue ethics and bioethics.

Preface.- Chapter 1: Three models of surrogacy.- Chapter 2: Exploitation and commodification.- Chapter 3: Altruism and generosity.- Chapter 4: Trustworthiness and care.- Chapter 5: Law and regulation.- Chapter 6: The professions and professional ethics.- Chapter 7: Hard cases.- Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.7.2017
Zusatzinfo XI, 200 p.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Allgemeines / Lexika
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Histologie / Embryologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte Altruism • Bioethics • fertility • Gift of Life • Motherhood • parenting • Social Work • Surrogacy
ISBN-10 1-137-58658-3 / 1137586583
ISBN-13 978-1-137-58658-2 / 9781137586582
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