Where has the quest for conception taken us? Lessons from anthropology and sociology

Louise Brown, the world’s first test-tube baby, was born more than 40 years ago in England. For Louise Brown’s infertile mother, Lesley, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was the ‘hope technology’ which allowed her to overcome her tubal infertility after 9 years of heart-breaking involuntary childlessnes...

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Published in:	Reproductive biomedicine & society online Vol. 10; pp. 46 - 57
Main Author:	Inhorn, Marcia C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020 Elsevier
Subjects:	Anthropology assisted reproductive technology in-vitro fertilization reproduction reproductive science sociology anthropology assisted reproductive technology in-vitro fertilization reproductive science sociology reproduction
ISSN:	2405-6618, 2405-6618
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