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Cosmopolitan Conceptions

By Inhorn, Marcia C.

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Cosmopolitan Conceptions

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In their desperate quest for conception, thousands of infertile couples from around the world travel to the global in vitro fertilization (IVF) hub of Dubai. In Cosmopolitan Conceptions Marcia C. Inhorn highlights the stories of 220 "reprotravelers" from fifty countries who sought treatment at a "cosmopolitan" IVF clinic in Dubai. These couples cannot find safe, affordable, legal, and effective IVF services in their home countries, and their stories offer a window into the world of infertility-a world that is replete with pain, fear, danger, frustration, and financial burden. These hardships dispel any notion that traveling for IVF treatment is reproductive tourism. The magnitude of reprotravel to Dubai, Inhorn contends, reflects the failure of countries to meet their citizens' reproductive needs, which suggests the necessity of creating new forms of activism that advocate for developing alternate pathways to parenthood, reducing preventable forms of infertility, supporting the infertile, and making safe and low-cost IVF available worldwide.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
408
Release Date:
2015-08-14
Publication Date:
2015-08-14
Publisher:
Duke University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0822359332
ISBN13:
9780822359333
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
589 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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