Women's Health

Women's Health Bibliography

 

The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

 

Women's Reproductive Health as a Gender, Developments, and Human Rights Issue: Regaining Perspective

 

Women's Reproductive Health as a Gender, Developments, and Human Rights Issue: Regaining Perspective
Monique V. Chireau, MD, MPH
June 8, 2011
Rayburn Office Building & Old Ebbitt Grill
Washington, D.C.

 

 

HPV Vaccine: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? The Costs and Deceptiveness of the New Technology

Post Date: 02/04/2011
Author: 
Susan M. Haack, MD, MA, FACOG

 

Introduction:

The United States has the most affluent and technologically advanced healthcare system in the developed world, offering increased life-expectancy and quality of life to many. Yet it is also the most inequitable system in the developed world, with many of its own residents lacking access to this system of care—a fact which weighs heavily on our national conscience. Consequently, healthcare reform is again an urgent political issue, with the most recent reform package estimated to cost over $3 trillion to institute.

 

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: An Update on Contemporary Reproductive Technology and Ethics

Post Date: 08/13/2010
Author: 
Kirsten Riggan, MA

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is a complication that occurs in approximately 10% of women receiving treatments to stimulate the release of eggs as part of infertility treatment. This procedure is known as controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.

 

The Rights and Responsibilities of Pregnant Women

Post Date: 01/23/2009
Author: 
Susan M. Haack, MD, MA, FACOG

Editor’s Note: The goal of this column is to address ethical dilemmas faced by patients, families and healthcare professionals, offering careful analysis and recommendations that are consistent with biblical standards. The following ethical analysis is a commentary on a legal case that has caused some controversy in the clinical ethics community.

Column editor: Robert D. Orr, MD, CM, Consultant in Clinical Ethics, CBHD.

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Length: 16:47
 

Discount Babies, Discounting Dignity

Post Date: 02/01/2008
Author: 
Sarah Flashing, MA

Violations against human dignity, sadly, abound in many of forms. The problem of mass labor exploitation is one that has not gone unnoticed, yet it seems little progress is being made to correct this wrong. Adults and children in all parts of the world are victims of societies that have elevated economic prosperity over human dignity. Poor working conditions, long hours, and low wages are just the tip of the iceberg. A recent set of allegations reported by ABC News confirms what we already knew.


Length: 8:51
 

The Costs of Technology in Women's Health, Part II

Post Date: 09/06/2007
Author: 
Susan M. Haack, MD, MA, FACOG

 

Parallel Paper Presentation from CBHD's 2007 Annual Conference, Bioethics Nexus: The Future of Healthcare, Science and Humanity.

Abstract:


Length: 23:38
 

The Costs of Technology in Women's Health, Part I

Post Date: 08/31/2007
Author: 
Susan M. Haack, MD, MA, FACOG

 

Parallel Paper Presentation from CBHD's 2007 Annual Conference, Bioethics Nexus: The Future of Healthcare, Science and Humanity.

Abstract:


Length: 14:42
 

Overseas Surrogacy: How Far May We Go?

Post Date: 02/09/2007
Author: 
John F. Kilner, PhD

 

In early February 2007, Reuters news service reported on a practice that has become much more visible during the past year: using a surrogate mother in India.1 People in various parts of the world who cannot (or, at least potentially, prefer not to) undergo a pregnancy are providing their eggs and sperm to produce embryos that can be transferred into a surrogate mother’s womb in India for the duration of the pregnancy.


Length: 4:25