Donor Insemination: International Social Science Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521497094 ISBN 13: 9780521497091

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Donor insemination or DI is the oldest and most widely practised form of assisted conception but, until relatively recently, it had been assessed largely from a medical perspective. This 1998 book brings together an international group of social scientists to discuss the social, cultural, political and practical dimensions to DI, relating it to the wider debates about fertility treatment and the place of assisted conception in contemporary society. The contributors consider the experience of DI from the viewpoint of all the various parties involved, including the recipients of the treatment, the sperm providers, the clinicians, the people conceived and policy-makers working in the area. The assumptions informing the practices around DI and the reactions to it are critically examined, with reference to developments worldwide, cross-national issues, the language of DI, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and identity.

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Book Description

Donor insemination is the oldest, most widely practised form of assisted conception, until relatively recently considered an exclusively medical concern. In this 1998 book, social scientists discuss the social, cultural and policy dimensions to DI, relating them to the wider debates about fertility treatment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521497094
• ISBN 13: 9780521497091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 197
• Editor: Daniels Ken, Haimes Erica