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Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes : Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies
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  • Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives : 18
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New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsjahr
[2009]
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  • Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding of both the technologies and the settings. Enhanced by cross-cultural perspectives, the book addresses the challenges that globalization presents to local understandings of science, technology, and medicine