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Cosmopolitan conceptions : IVF sojourns in global Dubai / Marcia C. Inhorn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inhorn, Marcia C., 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fertilization in vitro, Human--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
- Fertilization in vitro, Human.
- Medical tourism--United Arab Emirates--Dubai.
- Medical tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <div>Marcia C. Inhorn's ethnography of international travelers seeking in vitro fertilization treatment in the global IVF hub of Dubai shows that infertile couples, or ""reprotravelers,"" leave their countries because IVF treatment is not safe, affordable, legal or effective. Inhorn opens a window into the painful, frustrating, and expensive world of infertility.</div>
- Contents:
- Prologue: Rahnia's reproductive journey
- Introduction: IVF sojourns
- Hubs: medical cosmopolitanism in the Emirates
- Hubs: reprotravel stories
- Absences: resource shortages and waiting lists
- Absences: reprotravel stories
- Restrictions: religious bans and law evasion
- Restrictions: reprotravel stories
- Discomforts: medical harm and the search for high-quality IVF
- Discomforts: reprotravel stories
- Conclusion: cosmopolitan conceptions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822375357
- 0822375354
- OCLC:
- 1144806560
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