Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes

Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies

By: Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli (Editor), Marcia C. Inhorn (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 August 2009

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304 Pages

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Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the
industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro
fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based
paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being
offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume
explores the application and impact of these advanced
reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the
globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and
diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter
multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding of both
the technologies and the settings. Enhanced by cross-cultural
perspectives, the book addresses the challenges that
globalization presents to local understandings of science,
technology, and medicine.

Industry Reviews

"Overall, this book provides good and interesting reading for all who want details of the cultural significances, religious and political impacts of ARTs as experienced by people of different ethnicity and religious background. Most importantly, this volume conveys the complexities of introducing and implementing ARTs in different cultures and political settings. It also brings to forth the meaning of reproduction in societies, the price and value of human life." ? Anthropological Notebooks

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