Comparative biomedical policy : governing assisted reproductive technologies / edited by Ivar Bleiklie, Malcolm L. Goggin and Christine Rothmayr.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

xx, 284 pages ; 24 cm.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index.

The comparative policy design perspective -- Belgium : a bioethical paradise? -- ART policy in Italy : explaining the lack of comprehensive regulation -- Policy networks, federalism and managerial ideas : how ART non-decision in Canada safeguards the autonomy of the medical profession -- The United States : national talk and state action in governing ART -- ART in Spain : technocratic inheritance and modernist aspirations -- United Kingdom : regulation through a national licensing authority -- France : protecting human dignity while encouraging scientific progress -- The Netherlands : conflict and consensus on assisted reproductive technology policy -- Germany : ART policies as embryo protection -- Switzerland : policy design and direct democracy -- Legislation for protection : why Norway designed restrictive policies in the field of ART -- Comparing policy design across countries : what accounts for variation in art policy?