Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes: Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies

Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries. This volume explores the application and impact of these advanced reproductive and genetic technologies in societies across the globe. By highlighting both the cross-cultural similarities and diverse meanings that technologies may assume as they enter multiple contexts, the book aims to foster understanding of both the technologies and the settings. Enhanced by cross-cultural perspectives, the book addresses the challenges that globalization presents to local understandings of science, technology, and medicine.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845456254
• ISBN13: 9781845456252
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"