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OverviewHow 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcia C. Inhorn , Soraya TremaynePublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 23 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780857454904ISBN 10: 0857454900 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 01 July 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis groundbreaking volume is highly likely to become a point of departure for all future engagements with biotechnologies in the Middle East. The collection expertly reveals in vivid detail the 'local moral worlds' of 'biotechnologies of life' within the Islamic landscape. Unprecedented and unique, this book challenges both popular misconceptions and academic gaps in knowledge vis-a-vis new developments in bioscience and technology from theocratic Iran to secular Turkey. * Aditya Bharadwaj, University of Edinburgh Author InformationMarcia C. Inhorn is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology, and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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