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It is obvious to everyone that reproduction is one of the most critical aspects of human life. From a biological point of view, the main goal of life is to reproduce one’s species. From a social point of view, birth, sex, and death are the most common, mysterious, and feared aspects of human life (26, p. 31). It should be no surprise, then, that religion and magic have traditionally been very much involved with reproduction. Western scientific societies have also tried to understand, rationalize, and control reproduction. In recent years, much new technology has moved into this area of human life.
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© 1988 Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema bv. Utrecht
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Banta, H.D. (1988). Reproductive health. In: Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology. Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2693-6_5
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