Infertility Around the Globe: New Thinking on Childlessness, Gender, and Reproductive Technologies

Bys: Marcia Inhorn and Frank van Balen

Book Overview

This exceptional collection of essays breaks new ground by examining the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. Based on original research by seventeen internationally acclaimed social scientists, it is the first book to investigate the use of reproductive technologies in non-Western countries. Provocative and incisive, it is the most substantial work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520231376
• ISBN13: 9780520231375
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"