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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
Autor principal: Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Medicine.
Medical anthropology.
Human reproductive technology.
Fertilization in vitro, Human > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Infertility.
humanities.
religion (discipline)
Christianity.
Procreation medicalement assistee.
Donneurs d'organes.
Sciences humaines.
Religion.
Therapeutique.
Christianisme.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Fecondation in vitro > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Procreation medicalement assistee > Équateur.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Catholicism
Tissue Donors
Humanities
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Named Groups.
Religion
Therapeutics
Investigative Techniques.
Christianity
Reproductive Techniques
Persons.
Organ donors.
Humanities.
Therapeutics.
Reproductive technology.
Medical anthropology > Andes Region.
Medical anthropology > Ecuador.
Human reproductive technology > Andes Region.
Human reproductive technology > Ecuador.
Ecuador.
Andes Region.
Electronic books.
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 (298 pages).
ISBN:9780520952256

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