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Thai in Vitro : Gender, Culture and Assisted Reproduction

By Andrea Whittaker

Book information

Publisher
Incorporated, Berghahn Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781782387336, 9781782387329
LCC
RG135.W52 2015
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1740069 bytes)
Series
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
276\276
Time added
2023-08-07 04:01:50

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.

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