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The elusive embryo : how women and men approach new reproductive technologies
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The elusive embryo : how women and men approach new reproductive technologies

Author: Gaylene Becker
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines the industry of reproductive technology. This book scrutinizes an array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Case studies
Interviews
Cas, Étude de
Entretiens
Personal Narratives
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Becker, Gaylene.
Elusive embryo.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000
(OCoLC)623204420
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gaylene Becker
ISBN: 9780520224315 0520224302 9780520224308 0520224310
OCLC Number: 44502298
Description: x, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: From Personal Experience to Research --
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.
Responsibility: Gay Becker.
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"Becker offers a fine gathering and reporting of the experiences of almost 300 women and men, interviewed individual and as couples, about infertility decisions. . . . There are many other books on Read more...

 
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