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Marcia C. Inhorn - Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality) - 9780857454904 - V9780857454904
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Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality)

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Description for Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality) Hardcover. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616. Sunni and Shia Perspectives. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 304 pages, 4 tables and figs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; JFSR2; MFKC; PSXM. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 23. Weight: 616.

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857454904
SKU
V9780857454904
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99-15

About Marcia C. Inhorn
Marcia C. Inhorn is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology, and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.

Reviews for Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality)
“It is to the editors’ credit that they have been able to harness these diverse angles in such a way that the whole in fact emerges as more than its parts. ARTs and the problem of third-party donation within Islam speak to more overarching issues of policy, modernity, gender, rights, and social change… In its sensitivity to discrepancies between norms ... Read more

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