The oocyte economy : the changing meaning of human eggs /

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In recent years increasing numbers of women from wealthy countries have turned to egg donation, egg freezing, and in vitro fertilization to become pregnant, especially later in life. This trend has created new ways of using, exchanging, and understanding oocytes-the reproductive cells specific to wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waldby, Cathy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Ovum.
Fertility, Human > Social aspects.
Fertility, Human > Economic aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Economic aspects.
Infertility > Treatment > Economic aspects.
Medical tourism.
Fertility.
Oocytes
Fertility
Reproductive Techniques > economics
Infertility > economics
Medical Tourism
Fécondité humaine > Aspect social.
Fécondité humaine > Aspect économique.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect économique.
Infertilité > Traitement > Aspect économique.
Tourisme médical.
Ovocytes.
Fécondité.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Temporal oocytes : fertility and deep time
  • Twentieth-century oocytes : experiment and experience
  • Precious oocytes : IVF and the deficit spiral
  • Global oocytes : medical tourism and the transaction of fertility
  • Cold-chain oocytes : vitrification and the formation of corporate egg banks
  • Private oocytes : personal egg banking and generational time
  • Innovation oocytes : therapeutic cloning and mitochondrial donation.

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