TY  - GEN
T1  - God's laboratory : assisted reproduction in the Andes
A1  - Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn793166639
AB  - Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, often raises important concerns regarding matters of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same form everywhere around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth Roberts shows how having children through biotechnological intervention is not only tolerated, it is embraced by the population, despite widespread poverty and official condemnation by the Catholic Church. Roberts takes us into clinics, laboratories, and homes, providing a textured picture of the int.
CN  - RG133.5
SN  - 9780520952256
SN  - 0520952251
SN  - 9780520270824
SN  - 0520270827
SN  - 9780520270831
SN  - 0520270835
SN  - 9786613587190
SN  - 6613587192
KW  - Human reproductive technology : Ecuador.
KW  - Human reproductive technology : Andes Region.
KW  - Fertilization in vitro, Human : Religious aspects : Catholic Church.
KW  - Medical anthropology : Ecuador.
KW  - Medical anthropology : Andes Region.
KW  - Reproductive technology.
KW  - Christianity.
KW  - Therapeutics.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Humanities.
KW  - Organ donors.
KW  - Human reproductive technology.
KW  - Persons.
KW  - Reproductive Techniques
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Investigative Techniques.
KW  - Therapeutics
KW  - Religion
KW  - Named Groups.
KW  - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
KW  - Humanities
KW  - Tissue Donors
KW  - Catholicism
KW  - Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
KW  - Procréation médicalement assistée : Équateur.
KW  - Fécondation in vitro : Aspect religieux : Église catholique.
KW  - Reproduction : Innovations.
KW  - Christianisme.
KW  - Thérapeutique.
KW  - Sciences humaines.
KW  - Donneurs d'organes.
KW  - Procréation médicalement assistée.
KW  - religion (discipline)
KW  - humanities.
KW  - treating (health care function)
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Infertility.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - Reproductive technology
KW  - Organ donors
KW  - Fertilization in vitro, Human : Religious aspects : Catholic Church
KW  - Human reproductive technology
KW  - Medical anthropology
KW  - Andes Region
KW  - Ecuador
KW  - Medicine.
KW  - Health & Biological Sciences.
KW  - Gynecology & Obstetrics.
ER  -