Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803986548 ISBN 13: 9780803986541

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

Despite the extensive debates about new reproductive technologies, there is still little published research on the social and cultural implications of the new reproductive techniques. Our understanding of how babies are conceived and what it means to be a parent or relative have become more complex.

The authors argue that the neglect of social research into new reproductive technologies has led to a failure to make the necessary provisions for their consequences. The plight of the involuntary childless who, having been helped to conceive, find themselves with three, four or more babies illustrates this point clearly.

About this title

About the Author

Meg Stacey is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. She has published widely in the field of medical sociology, and is the author of The Sociology of Health and Healing (1988).

The authors argue that the neglect of social research into new reproductive technologies has led to a failure to make the necessary provisions for their consequences. The plight of the involuntary childless who, having been helped to conceive, find themselves with three, four or more babies illustrates this point clearly.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803986548
• ISBN 13: 9780803986541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Stacey Meg, Stacey Margaret