Marginalized reproduction : ethnicity, infertility and reproductive technologies /
Worldwide, over 75 million people are involuntarily childless, a devastating experience for many with significant consequences for the social and psychological well-being of women in particular. Despite greater levels of infertility and strong cultural meanings attached to having children, little at...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2009
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| Series: | Science in society series
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| Summary: | Worldwide, over 75 million people are involuntarily childless, a devastating experience for many with significant consequences for the social and psychological well-being of women in particular. Despite greater levels of infertility and strong cultural meanings attached to having children, little attention has been paid politically or academically to the needs of minority ethnic women and men. This groundbreaking volume is the first to highlight the ways in which diverse ethnic, cultural and religious identities impact upon understandings of technological solutions for infertility and associat |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1844075761 1849771936 9781844075768 9781849771931 |