Assisting Reproduction, Testing Genes : : Global Encounters with the New Biotechnologies / / ed. by Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Marcia C. Inhorn.

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• MitwirkendeR: Ben-Or, Gali,; Birenbaum-Carmeli, Daphna,; Carmeli, Yoram S.,; Dirnfeld, Martha,; Goldberg, Helene,; Hashash, Yali,; Hashiloni-Dolev, Yael,; Ivry, Tsipy,; Kahn, Susan Martha,; Mashiach, Roy,; Mashiach, Shlomo,; Prainsack, Barbara,; Ravitsky, Vardit,; Raz, Aviad,; Remennick, Larissa,; Rimon-Zarfaty, Nitzan,; Seeman, Don,; Shkedi, Shiri,; Sigal, Gil,; Teman, Elly,
• HerausgeberIn: Birenbaum-Carmeli, Daphna,; Inhorn, Marcia C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction: Reproductive Technologies among Jewish Israelis: Setting the Ground -- PART I Kin: Reproductive Technologies and The Quest For Biogenetic Parenthood -- 1. The Contribution of Israeli Researchers to Reproductive Medicine: Fertility Experts’ Perspectives -- 2. The Regulation of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Sibling Donors in Israel, Germany, and England: A Comparative Look at Balancing Risks and Benefits -- 3. The Man in the Sperm: Kinship and Fatherhood in Light of Male Infertility in Israel -- 4. The Last Outpost of the Nuclear Family: A Cultural Critique of Israeli Surrogacy Policy -- 5. Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Technologies: A Comparative Reading of Israeli Policies -- PART II Gene: Reproductive Technologies and The Quest For The Perfect Child -- 6. Genetic Testing and Screening in Religious Groups: Perspectives of Jewish Haredi Communities -- 7. Ultrasonic Challenges to Pro-Natalism -- 8. Abortion Committees as Agents of Eugenics: Medical and Public Views on Selective Abortion Following Mild or Likely Fetal Pathology -- 9. Cultural Values in Action: The Israeli Approach to Human Cloning -- PART III Community: A Self-Portrait With Technology -- 10. ART, Community, and Beyond: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Israel—Interviews with Prof. Nissim Benvenisty and Prof. Karl Skorecki -- 11. Medicine and the State: The Medicalization of Reproduction in Israel -- 12. The Mirth of the Clinic: Fieldnotes from an Israeli Fertility Center -- 13. Between Reproductive Citizenship and Consumerism: Attitudes towards Assisted Reproductive Technologies among Jewish and Arab Israeli Women -- 14. Ethnography, Exegesis, and Jewish Ethical Refl ection: The New Reproductive Technologies in Israel -- Notes on Contributors -- Index