Relative strangers : family life, genes and donor conception
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Relative strangers : family life, genes and donor conception
（Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
- : hbk.
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index
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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.
Table of 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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