Thai in Vitro : Gender, Culture and Assisted Reproduction
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| Title: | Thai in Vitro : Gender, Culture and Assisted Reproduction |
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| Description: | In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of assisted reproductive technologies by Thai couples. Though using assisted reproductive technologies is becoming more acceptable in Thai society, access to and choices about such technologies are mediated by differences in class position. These stories of women and men in private and public infertility clinics reveal how local social and moral sensitivities influence the practices and meanings of treatment. |
| Authors: | Andrea Whittaker |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Culture, Fertilization in vitro, Human--Social aspects--Thailand, Infertility--Treatment--Social aspects--Thailand |
| Categories: | MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of assisted reproductive technologies by Thai couples. Though using assisted reproductive technologies is becoming more acceptable in Thai society, access to and choices about such technologies are mediated by differences in class position. These stories of women and men in private and public infertility clinics reveal how local social and moral sensitivities influence the practices and meanings of treatment. |
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| ISBN: | 9781782387329 9781782387336 |
