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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Preface; Introduction: Reproductive Assistance; Corporeal Punishment: Sandra; 1. Private Medicine and the Law of Life; Crazy for Bingo: Consuelo; 2. Assisted Whiteness; Yo Soy Teresa la Fea/Ugly Teresa; 3. White Beauty: Gamete Donation in a Mestizo Nation; When Blood Calls: Frida and Anabela; 4. Egg Economies and the Traffic between Women; Abandonment: Vanessa; 5. On Ice: Embryo Destinies; Conclusion: Care-Worthy; Notes; References; Index.

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