Conceptions : infertility and procreative technologies in India /

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Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in India lie at the confluence of multiple cultural conceptions. These 'conceptions' are key to understanding the burgeoning spread of assisted reproductive technologies and the social implications of infertility and childlessness in India...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bharadwaj, Aditya, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 34.
Subjects:
Human reproductive technology > India.
Infertility > India.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > psychology
Infertility > psychology
Sociological Factors
Infertilité > Inde.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Inde.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
Human reproductive technology
Infertility
Biomedizin
Reproduktionsmedizin
Extrakorporale Befruchtung
Samenspender
Sterilität
India
Indien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fertile conceptions : culture and infertility
  • Gendered conceptions : stigma, blame and infertility
  • Contested conception : the medical politics of test-tube babies
  • Politics of conception : the state and biomedicine
  • Changing conceptions? 'Adoption' of assisted conception
  • Supplementary conception : the other mother
  • Long road to conception : emotional and financial costs
  • In search of conception : clinicians, patients and clinics.

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