Reproduction as spiritual kin work: Orthodoxy, IVF, and the moral economy of motherhood in greece

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-505

  Paxson, Heather ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greek Orthodox Church; IVF; Kinship; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER IDENTITY; GREECE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORALITY; MOTHER; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER IDENTITY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; MOTHERS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 33845339275     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9028-9     Document Type: Article

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