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Patient-centred IVF : bioethics and care in a Dutch clinic /

Contemporary Dutch policy and legislation facilitate the use of high quality, accessible and affordable assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) to all citizens in need of them, while at the same time setting some strict boundaries on their use in daily clinical practices. Through the ethnographic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerrits, Trudie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 34.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Studying ARTs : theory, context, the clinic and methods
  • 'Dutch IVF' : legislation, guidelines and health insurances
  • The couples and their quest for a child
  • Daily practices in the patient-centred clinic
  • Information and interpretation : risks and rates
  • The body and visualizing technologies
  • Gendered suffering and support
  • Bioethics in practice.