Parenthood in the era of reproductive outsourcing and global assemblages

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-29

  Gupta, Jyotsna Agnihotri ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bioethics; Free market; Globalization; Parenthood; Reproductive technologies; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860314677     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2012.11666120     Document Type: Article

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