Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception [electronic resource] /
Nordqvist, Petra.author.
Smart, C.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 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: Disclosure, Information and Family Relationships; 6 Relating to Donors: Strangers, Boundaries and Tantalising Knowledge; 7 (Not) One of Us: Genes and Belonging in Everyday Life; 8 Relative Strangers and the Paradoxes of Genetic Kinship
Appendix I: Researching Donor Conception and Family RelationshipsAppendix II: Index of Participants; Appendix III: Glossary of terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Psychology.
Sociology.
Ethics.
Reproductive Medicine.
Social policy.
Popular Science in Psychology.
Gender Studies.
Ethics.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Reproductive Medicine.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.