Inhorn Cosmopolitan Conceptions

IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7535-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten

Marcia C. Inhorn's ethnography of international travelers seeking in vitro fertilization treatment in the global IVF hub of Dubai shows that infertile couples, or "reprotravelers," leave their countries because IVF treatment is not safe, affordable, legal or effective. Inhorn opens a window into the painful, frustrating, and expensive world of infertility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inhorn, Marcia C.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix

Prologue. Rahnia's Reproductive Journey xi

Introduction. IVF Sojourns 1

1. Hubs: Medical Cosmopolitanism in the Emirates 35
Hubs: Reprotravel Stories 77

2. Absences: Resource Shortages and Waiting Lists 105
Absences: Reprotravel Stories 138

3. Restrictions: Religious Bans and Law Evasion 159
Restricitions: Reprotravel Stories 197

4. Discomforts: Medical Harm and the Search for High-Quality IVF 221
Discomforts: Reprotravel Stories 255

Conclusion. Cosmopolitan Conceptions 287

Acknowledgments 305

Glossory of Medical Terms 311

Notes 321

References 351

Index 371

Über Autor(innen)

Marcia C. Inhorn is 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. She is the coeditor of Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Histories, Activisms, and Futures, also published by Duke University Press.