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Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises important concerns regarding matters of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Temas:
Human reproductive technology > Ecuador.
Human reproductive technology > Andes Region.
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Medical anthropology > Ecuador.
Medical anthropology > Andes Region.
Reproductive technology.
Christianity.
Therapeutics.
Religion.
Humanities.
Organ donors.
Human reproductive technology.
Persons.
Reproductive Techniques
Christianity
Investigative Techniques.
Therapeutics
Religion
Named Groups.
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Humanities
Tissue Donors
Catholicism
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Procréation médicalement assistée > Équateur.
Fécondation in vitro > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Christianisme.
Thérapeutique.
Sciences humaines.
Donneurs d'organes.
Procréation médicalement assistée.
religion (discipline)
humanities.
treating (health care function)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Infertility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Reproductive technology
Organ donors
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Human reproductive technology
Medical anthropology
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Andes Region
Ecuador
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises important concerns regarding matters of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth Roberts shows how having children through biotechnological intervention is not only tolerated, it is embraced by the population, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation by the Catholic Church. Roberts takes us into clinics, laboratories, and homes, providing a textured picture of the int.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520952256
0520952251
9780520270824
0520270827
9780520270831
0520270835
9786613587190
6613587192

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