TY - JOUR
T1 - The promise of post-menopausal pregnancy (PMP)
AU - Landau, Ruth
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Postmenopausal pregnancy (PMP) is presented as a means of alleviating women's suffering by helping them realize their wish for a child of their "own." The availability of IVF technology and oocyte donation, both necessary for PMP, create the illusion of unlimited female fertility. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to examine the psychosocial, health, and ethical aspects of PMP; and (2) to answer the question of whether PMP's promise of unlimited fertility really offers more personal freedom and control for women. The paper concludes that PMP seems to increase, rather than to decrease, human suffering.
AB - Postmenopausal pregnancy (PMP) is presented as a means of alleviating women's suffering by helping them realize their wish for a child of their "own." The availability of IVF technology and oocyte donation, both necessary for PMP, create the illusion of unlimited female fertility. The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to examine the psychosocial, health, and ethical aspects of PMP; and (2) to answer the question of whether PMP's promise of unlimited fertility really offers more personal freedom and control for women. The paper concludes that PMP seems to increase, rather than to decrease, human suffering.
KW - In vitro fertilization
KW - Postmenopausal pregnancy and parenthood
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=15044340305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J010v40n01_04
DO - 10.1300/J010v40n01_04
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C2 - 15831433
AN - SCOPUS:15044340305
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 40
SP - 53
EP - 69
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 1
ER -