Islam and assisted reproductive technologies Sunni and Shia perspectives (Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality, volume 23)

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This pat...

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Main Authors: Inhorn, Marcia Claire, Tremayne, Soraya
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2012
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1
Series:Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
Subjects:
1FB
Anthropology
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Congresses
Cultural
Fertility
Fertility, Human
Fertility, Human > Islamic countries > Congresses
Health Sciences
Human reproduction
Human reproduction (Islamic law)
Human reproduction > Religious aspects > Islam > Congresses
Human reproductive technology
Human reproductive technology (Islamic law)
Human reproductive technology > Islamic countries > Congresses
Islam
Islamic countries
Islamic life & ethics
Islamic Studies
Islamic theology
JFSR2
MEDICAL
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
Medical Anthropology
PSXM
Religious aspects
Reproductive Medicine & Technology
Reproductive technology
Sexual reproduction
Shia
Social Science
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Sociology
Sunni
Medical Anthropology
ISBN:9780857454904, 0857454900, 0857454919, 9780857454911
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Summary:How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs.
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ISBN:9780857454904
0857454900
0857454919
9780857454911
DOI:10.1515/9780857454911