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What happens to prevailing beliefs about the uniqueness of individual life when life can be cloned? Or to traditional understandings of family relationships when a child can have up to five parents? These are some of the questions addressed by Valerie Hartouni in her consideration of the cultural ef...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartouni, Valerie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Reproductive technology.
Abortion.
Culture.
Reproductive Techniques
Abortion, Legal
Culture
Fetus > legislation & jurisprudence.
Socioeconomic Factors
Surrogate Mothers
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect social.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect moral.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Avortement.
Mères porteuses.
culture note.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happens to prevailing beliefs about the uniqueness of individual life when life can be cloned? Or to traditional understandings of family relationships when a child can have up to five parents? These are some of the questions addressed by Valerie Hartouni in her consideration of the cultural effects of new reproductive technologies as reflected in video images, popular journalism, scientific debates, legal briefs, and policy decisions. In Cultural Conceptions, Hartouni tracks the circulation and communication of various myths, images, and stories pertaining to new reproductive technologies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.
ISBN:9780816686568
0816686564

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