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COALITION BUILDING AND PUBLIC OPINION

New Reproductive Technologies and Canadian Civil Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

Janet Hatcher Roberts
Janet Hatcher Roberts
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Technology Assessment and Canadian Society for International Health
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Abstract

The process of technology assessment is evolving. The process of policy development for technology is the least understood in the cycle of technology assessment. The process of policy development, which should involve extensive consultation and a broad-based research and evaluation program, is often fraught with difficulties and can cause further analysis or the assessment process to come grinding to a halt. This article reviews some social, political, and ethical issues and the role of civil society in influencing the technology assessment process for new reproductive technologies in Canada. It is written from the perspective of one of the Deputy Directors of Research and Evaluation for the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and highlights the strengths and difficulties of technology assessment when civil society and technology assessment come face to face. A brief update by a policy analyst in Health Canada on the current situation of legislation on new reproductive technologies has been provided and is included at the end of this article.

Keywords

New Reproductive TechnologiesTechnology AssessmentWomen's Health
Type
SPECIAL SECTION: ASSESSING REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 15 - 21
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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