Conflicting notions of continuity and belonging:Assisted reproduction, law, and practices in Norway

Social Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-162

  Melhuus, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Belonging; Biotechnology; Change; Kinship; Legislation; Norway; Reproductive technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049099344     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2009.530308     Document Type: Article

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