Globalization and gametes: Reproductive 'tourism,' Islamic bioethics, and Middle Eastern modernity

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-103

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technologies; bioethics; gamete donation; globalization; Islam; Middle East; reproductive tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; GAMETE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; IRAN; LEBANON; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE EAST; MORALITY; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOURISM;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ISLAM; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE EAST; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 79956261809     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2010.525876     Document Type: Article

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