Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Third Phase

Following the birth of the first "test-tube baby" in 1978, Assisted Reproductive Technologies became available to a small number of people in high-income countries able to afford the cost of private treatment, a period seen as the "First Phase" of ARTs. In the "Second Phase," these treatments became increasingly available to cosmopolitan global elites. Today, this picture is changing - albeit slowly and unevenly - as ARTs are becoming more widely available. While, for many, accessing infertility treatments remains a dream, these are beginning to be viewed as a standard part of reproductive healthcare and family planning. This volume highlights this "Third Phase" - the opening up of ARTs to new constituencies in terms of ethnicity, geography, education, and class.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782388079
• ISBN13: 9781782388074
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"