Kin, gene, community : reproductive technologies among Jewish Israelis /: reproductive technologies among Jewish Israelis. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli and Yoram S. Carmeli.
• Other Names: Birenbaum-Carmeli, Daphna; Carmeli, Yoram S
• Contents: List of Tables and Figures Introduction: Reproductive Technologies among Jewish Israelis: Setting the Ground; Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli and Yoram S. Carmeli PART I: KIN: REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE QUEST FOR BIOGENETIC PARENTHOOD Chapter 1. The Contribution of Israeli Researchers to Reproductive Medicine: Fertility Experts' Perspectives; Shlomo Mashiach, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Roy Mashiach and Martha Dirnfeld Chapter 2. The Regulation of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Sibling Donors in Israel, Germany and England: A Comparative Look at Balancing Risks and Benefits; Yael Hashiloni-Dolev and Shiri Shkedi Chapter 3. The Man in the Sperm: Kinship and Fatherhood in Light of Male Infertility in Israel; Helene Goldberg Chapter 4. The Last Outpost of the Nuclear Family: A Cultural Critique of Israeli Surrogacy Policy; Elly Teman Chapter 5. Adoption and Assisted reproduction Technologies: A Comparative Reading of Israeli Policies; Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli and Yoram S. Carmeli PART II: GENE: REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT CHILD Chapter 6. Genetic Testing and Screening in Religious Groups: Perspectives of Jewish Haredi Communities; Barbara Prainsack and Gil Siegal Chapter 7. Ultrasonic Challenges to Pronatalism; Tsipi Ivry Chapter 8. Abortion Committees as Agents of Eugenics: Medical and Public Views on Selective Abortion following Mild or Likely Fetal Pathology; Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty and Aviad Raz Chapter 9. Cultural Values in Action: The Israeli Approach to Human Cloning; Gali Ben-Or and Vardit Ravitsky PART III: COMMUNITY: A SELF-PORTRAIT WITH TECHNOLOGY Chapter 10. Art, Community and Beyond: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Israel; Interviews with Prof. Nissim Benvenisty and Prof. karl Skorecki Interviewer: Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli Chapter 11. Medicine and the State. The Medicalization of Reproduction in Israel; Yali Hashash-Daniel Chapter 12. The Mirth of the Clinic: The Banality of Conception in an Israeli Fertility Clinic; Susan M. Kahn Chapter 13. Between Reproductive Citizenship and Consumerism: Attitudes Towards Assisted Reproductive Technologies among Jewish and Arab Israeli Women; Larissa Remennick Chapter 14. Ethnography, Exegesis, and Jewish Ethical Reflection: The New Reproductive Technologies in Israel; Don Seeman Notes on Contributors
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 372 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.198/1780095694; Human reproductive technology -- Israel; Reproductive technology -- Israel; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery; MEDICAL -- Health Policy; MEDICAL -- Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues; MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Human reproductive technology; Reproductive technology; Israel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1845458362; 9781845458362
• Related ISBNs: 1845456882
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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