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Making multiple babies : anticipatory regimes of assisted reproduction /

"Human beings have been producing more twins, triplets, and quadruplets than ever before, due to the expansion of medically assisted conception. This book analyzes the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies. With archival documents, participant observation, in-depth interviews, and regi...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wu, Chia-Ling, 1966- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [New York] : Berghahn Books, 2023.
Collection:Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 52
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Human beings have been producing more twins, triplets, and quadruplets than ever before, due to the expansion of medically assisted conception. This book analyzes the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies. With archival documents, participant observation, in-depth interviews, and registry data, this book traces the global and local governance of the assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) used to tackle multiple pregnancy since the 1970s, highlighting the early promotion of single embryo transfer in Belgium and Japan and the making of the world's most lenient guidelines in Taiwan"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781800738850
1800738854