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Islam and assisted reproductive technologies : Sunni and Shia perspectives /

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This pat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Inhorn, Marcia C., 1957- (Editor ), Tremayne, Soraya (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Colección:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 23.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs.--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857454911
0857454919
128225426X
9781282254268