Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes : Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies
Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Marcia C. Inhorn
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.
Год:
2009
Издательство:
Berghahn Books
Язык:
english
Страницы:
303
ISBN 10:
1845459415
ISBN 13:
9781845459413
Файл:
PDF, 940 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2009