Labor of Love : Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies /

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Drawn from extensive interviews with paid gestational surrogates, women employed to carry children who are not genetically their own, Labor of Love reveals the challenges they face as they deal with complicated medical procedures, delicate work-family balances, and tricky social dynamics. The book d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jacobson, Heather (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Surrogate mothers.
Surrogate motherhood.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Families.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Familles.
Procreation medicalement assistee > Aspect social.
Meres porteuses.
Surrogate Mothers
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Drawn from extensive interviews with paid gestational surrogates, women employed to carry children who are not genetically their own, Labor of Love reveals the challenges they face as they deal with complicated medical procedures, delicate work-family balances, and tricky social dynamics. The book demonstrates the extent to which advances in reproductive technology are affecting all Americans, changing how we think about maternity, family, and the labor involved in giving birth.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780813569529

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