Privacy, privatization, and the politics of patronage: ethnographic challenges to penetrating the secret world of Middle Eastern, hospital-based in vitro fertilization

In recent years, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has spread around the globe, including to the Middle East. Privacy, privatization, and the politics of patronage are all key issues affecting anthropological research in Middle Eastern hospital-based IVF clinics. IVF-seeking patients generally desire pri...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 2095 - 2108
Main Author:	Inhorn, Marcia C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2004 Elsevier
Series:	Social Science & Medicine
Subjects:	Anthropology, Cultural Egypt Ethnography Female Fertility Fertilization in Vitro - ethics Fertilization in Vitro - history Health History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Hospitals Hospitals, Private Hospitals, Public Hospitals, University Humans In vitro fertilization In vitro fertilization Privatization Informed consent Hospitals Ethnography Middle East Informed Consent Informed Consent - ethics Lebanon Male Medicine Middle East Organizational Culture Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - ethics Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - history Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - organization & administration Politics Privacy Privatization Research Ethics Research Subjects Social Anthropology Social sciences Sociology, Medical Lebanon Middle East Egypt In vitro fertilization Middle East Ethnography Informed consent Hospitals Privatization
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347
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