Overview
- Offers a scholarly analysis of three major types of ethico-legal regimes concerning surrogacy and gamete donation, i.e. India, Israel and Germany
- Examines in a comparative and interdisciplinary way how in each of these regimes the ethical, social, legal and cultural issues are entangled
- Includes multiple contributions on Israel, India and Germany: three prototypical examples of particular ethico-legal regimes concerning assisted reproduction
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Comparative Views
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A System Under Transition: The Case of India
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A Restrictive System: The Case of Germany
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State Supported System: The Case of Israel
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Reviews
“This is the most important book on the ethics of surrogacy and egg donation to be published in recent years and a “must read” for anyone interested in reproductive ethics. Good ethical analysis requires in-depth knowledge of the actual reproductive practices and the application of nuanced and sophisticated ethical reasoning. This book provides both.” (Søren Holm, University of Manchester, UK, former Editor of Journal of Medical Ethics, and now Editor of the journal Clinical Ethics)
“This stimulating volume by leading scholars presents the benefits and insights possible with a comparative approach for studying the rapidly shifting terrain of global assisted reproduction. It offers an essential reading to all those interested in the social, legal and ethical impacts of assisted reproduction.” (Andrea Whittaker, Monash University, Australia, and Editor of Abortion in Asia: Local Dilemmas, Global Politics)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Silke Schicktanz is a professor of Cultural and Ethical studies of Biomedicine at the University Medical Center for Gottingen. She studies and teaches in the interdisciplinary field of bioethics and cultural studies of medicine. Her research focuses on cross-cultural bioethics, lay-expert-interaction, and concepts of responsibility and autonomy in variousfield of modern medicine (dementia, transplantation, genetics etc.). She has authored several peer-reviewed articles, more than 10 volumes and books in these fields.
Tulsi Patel is Professor of Sociology and teaches at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her research interests include gender and society, anthropology of reproduction and childbirth, medical sociology, kinship and family, and old age. She has published several articles in national and international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Surrogacy and Egg Donation
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from India, Germany and Israel
Editors: Sayani Mitra, Silke Schicktanz, Tulsi Patel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78670-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78669-8Published: 18 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08760-9Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78670-4Published: 09 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 399
Topics: Medical Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Bioethics, Reproductive Medicine