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The authors address a wide range of possible situations in relation to human assisted reproduction techniques. They also analyze the ethical and legal questions that may arise in each individual case and present conclusions for all of them. The book is also a valuable material for reflection on the scope of the Law for Assisted Human Reproduction and helps to further understand the law, both in Spain and other countries from our cultural environment.

The book consists of 9 chapters based topics such as:

• Access to the assisted human reproduction techniques for different family models (heterosexual and homosexual marriage, unmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples, and single women)
• Access to the techniques by couples with previous illnesses and medical conscientious objection
• Problems related to genetic testing and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
• Gametes and embryos donation
• The use of the embryos remaining after IVF-ICSI cycles
• The post mortem procreation
• Some difficult issues, such as mistakes in the lab, limit of cycles per patients by the Public Health System and embryo reduction, among others
• The surrogate motherhood


The last chapter is dedicated to explain what the reproductive techniques are, when are they used and what are the risks for the patients. It is a very useful chapter for those readers who wish to acquire an overview about the assisted human reproduction techniques being used at present. It facilitates understanding of the terminology and concepts related to the assisted human reproduction.

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The authors break down the bioethical and legal keys within health regulations regarding informing patients about drugs, highlighting that the main actor in this field is the doctor.

To support their thoughts they provide a compilation of the main legal cases that have occurred in Spain with regards to medical responsibility regarding drug information, some of these very recent and which illustrate for reader the prominence attributed by the courts to doctors regarding informing the patient about treatments with drugs and their subsequent follow-up.

This article also analyses areas in which drug information has specific roles, such as in clinical trials, assisted reproduction and especially drugs of biological and human origin. Moreover, it addresses the specific problems of information regarding prescription by active ingredient and the so-called therapeutic interchange, which occurs frequently in hospitals.

The prologue to the article is written by a magistrate of the Supreme Court who is well known for his knowledge of health matters, who also stresses assigning the doctor the ultimate responsibility for therapeutic information or regarding the prescription and administration of pharmaceutical products, above that which may correspond to pharmacists, nurses or the pharmaceutical industry itself.

Finally, we would also like to note that the book has an appendix with an extract of the most relevant parts of the current Law on medicinal products, which provides it with a practical and ambivalent approach, that is, on the one hand, an essential illustration of matters of professional responsibility and also a reference manual for all those who need frequent access to the contents of the Law.

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In the light of the remarkable development of new techniques for assisted reproduction, the work "Genetic embryo selection: between reproductive freedom and eugenesia" published in the framework of the Bioethics and Health Law collection of Fundacion Salud 2000, makes an exhaustive analysis of the ethical implications derived from the application of these medical and scientific advances. This work is published at a time in which there is a need to establish a comprehensive outlook on genetic embryo selection and to determine the limits for reproductive freedom.

The work, by Fernando Abellan, lecturer in Health Law at the European University of Madrid and in the Masters Degree course on Assisted Human Reproduction of the Complutense University of Madrid, also includes the prior analysis in the prologues by Carlos Maria Romeo Casabona, Professor of Criminal Law; Roberto Matorras, Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the University of the Basque Country; and Javier Sanchez-Caro, author of the preface to the work and director of the Bioethics and Health Counselling Unit of the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Autonomous Regional Government of Madrid.

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This publication is the first work in Spain to incluide scientific, ethical and legal aspects related to information and consent in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with children. Backed by the Spanish Pediatric Endocrinology Society and and elaborated in collaboration with the Andalusian Group on said specialty, this manual intends to provide a response to the need for an easy-to-use and comprehensive document for patients, parents or guardians and healthcare professionals, which complies with respect to personal dignity and the right to be informed.

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This monography, published in collaboration with the Lain Entralgo Agency of the Autonomous Region of Madrid, is the first document to make a detailed account of the most problematic aspects regarding the implementation of the new training on clinical trials in Spain, after the enactment of the 2001 European directive.

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This publication, prepared jointly by the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) and the authors, comprises 22 protocols of different assisted reproduction techniques, applicable to most particular circumstances.

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This is a selection of real cases, analysed from a legal perspective in different fields by the authors. Aspects analysed include access to the techniques by homosexuals, among others, the matter of donor anonymity, the destiny of embryos from separated couples, economic compensation to gamete donors, etc.).

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