Islam and assisted reproductive technologies : Sunni and Shia perspectives

Islam and assisted reproductive technologies : Sunni and Shia perspectives / edited by Marcia C. Inhorn and Soraya Tremayne.

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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Other Authors: Inhorn, Marcia C., 1957- (Editor), Tremayne, Soraya (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 23.
Subjects:
Human reproductive technology > Islamic countries > Congresses.
Fertility, Human > Islamic countries > Congresses.
Human reproduction > Religious aspects > Islam > Congresses.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Infertility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Fertility, Human
Human reproduction > Religious aspects > Islam
Human reproductive technology
Islamic countries
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Click for online access
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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.--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857454911
0857454919
128225426X
9781282254268
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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