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Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception


Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

Paperback by Nordqvist, Petra; Smart, C.

Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

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ISBN:
9781137297662
Publication Date:
3 Feb 2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
192 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 9 May 2024
Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

Description

With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important questions about family life. Using in-depth interviews the authors explore the lived reality of donor conception and offer insights into the complexities of these new family relationships.

Contents

Introduction 1. Proper Families? Cultural Expectations and Donor Conception 2. Uncharted Territories: Donor Conception in Personal Life 3. Ripples Through the Family 4. Keeping it Close: Sensitivities and Secrecy 5. Opening Up: Negotiating Disclosure 6. Donors: Strangers, Boundaries and Tantalising Knowledge 7. (Not) One of Us: Genes and Belonging in Family Life 8. Relative Strangers and the Paradoxes of Genetic Kinship

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