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Spar, Debora L.

The baby business : how money, science, and politics drive the commerce of conception / Debora L. Spar. - Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2006. - xix, 299 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-277) and index.

The quest to conceive: attacking an ancient affliction -- A cluster of cells: mechanics of the modern fertility market -- Renting wombs for money and love: the emerging market for surrogacy -- Designing babies: fixing flaws and pursuing perfection -- Return to the forbidden planet: issues in human cloning -- Trading places: the practice and politics of adoption -- Songs of Solomon: prospects for building a better baby trade.

ISBN: 1591396204 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005030503

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101260010 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human reproductive technology--Economic aspects.
Infertility--Treatment--Economic aspects.
Surrogate motherhood--Economic aspects.
Adoption--Economic aspects.
Infertility--therapy.
Adoption.
Commerce.
Genetic Services--economics.
Reproductive Medicine--economics.
Reproductive Techniques--economics.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Surrogate Mothers.

LC Class. No.: RG 133.5 / S736b 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 362.198/178