ISBN:
9781845456887
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (380 p)
Series Statement:
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
Parallel Title:
Print version Kin, Gene, Community : Reproductive Technologies among Jewish Israelis
DDC:
306.461089924
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance. It also has the world's highest per capita usage of in-vitro fertilization. Examining state policies and the application of reproductive technologies among Jewish Israelis, this volume explores the role of tradition and politics in the construction of families within local Jewish populations. The contributors-anthropologists, bioethicists, jurists, physicians and biologists-highlight the complexities surrounding these treatments and show how biological relatedness
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Part I Kin; 1. The Contribution of Israeli Researchers to Reproductive Medicine; 2. The Regulation of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis; 3. The Man in the Sperm; 4. The Last Outpost of the Nuclear Family; 5. Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Technologies; Part II Gene; 6. Genetic Testing and Screening in Religious Groups; 7. Ultrasonic Challenges to Pro-Natalism; 8. Abortion Committees as Agents of Eugenics; 9. Cultural Values in Action; Part III Community; 10. ART, Community, and Beyond; 11. Medicine and the State
Description / Table of Contents:
12. The Mirth of the Clinic13. Between Reproductive Citizenship and Consumerism; 14. Ethnography, Exegesis, and Jewish Ethical Reflection; Notes on Contributors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
