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Author Becker, Gaylene.

Title The elusive embryo : how women and men approach new reproductive technologies / Gay Becker
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Consuming Technologies; 2. Confronting Notions of Normalcy; 3. The Embattled Body; 4. Genes and Generations; 5. Experiencing Risks; 6. Taking Action; 7. Selling Hope; 8. Decisions about Donors; 9. Embodied Technology; 10. Shifting Gears; 11. Redefining Normalcy; 12. Women Rethinking Parenthood; 13. Rewriting the Family; 14. Performing Gender; Appendix: About the Research; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Summary This work examines the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer. An analysis is made of the array of medical options available to those with fertility problems, and the financial and emotional toll is assessed
Analysis Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index
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Subject Human reproductive technology -- Case studies
Infertility -- Patients -- Interviews
Reproductive Techniques -- psychology
Reproductive Techniques -- ethics
Infertility -- psychology
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Human reproductive technology
Infertility -- Patients
Geschlechterforschung
Reproduktionsmedizin
Sterilität
Genre/Form Electronic books
interviews.
Case studies
Interviews
Case studies.
Interviews.
Études de cas.
Interviews.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00055967
ISBN 9780520925243
0520925246
0585389926
9780585389929
1282355090
9781282355095
159734589X
9781597345897
9786612355097
6612355093