Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Third Phase

Kate Hampshire is Reader in Anthropology at Durham University. She recently co-edited (with Gina Porter and Janet Townsend) Children and Young People as Knowledge Producers (Routledge, 2014).

“This is a stimulating and accessible book for those with an interest in reproductive health, ethnicity, and health, or the social implications of new technologies. Its strength lies in the diverse, empathetic case studies of ART use in different regions and among a variety of groups. These case studies provide a balance of in-depth ethnographic studies and sensitive appraisals of the workings of health systems for diverse communities, with a broader vision of a future in which high-quality, culturally competent care is available for all and low-cost ART protocols allow access for people in low-resource settings to receive effective treatment for their infertility.” • Medical Anthropology Quarterly“...a fascinating read... The complex intersections between gender, kinship, region, nationality, ethnicity, and religion — as well as the vicissitudes of individual agency — are very clearly demonstrated in this volume. For this alone it will be welcomed as a substantial accomplishment.” • Sarah Franklin, Cambridge University

• Introduction: Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Third Phase?Bob Simpson and Kate HampshireSection One: (Islamic) ART Journeys and Moral PioneersIntroduction: New Reproductive Technologies in Islamic Local Moral WorldsMarcia C. InhornChapter 1. ‘Islamic Bioethics’ in Transnational PerspectiveMorgan ClarkeChapter 2. Moral Pioneers: Pakistani Muslims and the Take-up of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the North of EnglandBob Simpson, Mwenza Blell and Kate HampshireChapter 3. Whither Kinship? Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Relatedness in the Islamic Republic of IranSoraya TremayneChapter 4. Practitioner Perspective: Practising ARTs in Islamic ContextsFarouk MahmoudSection Two:  ARTs and the Low-Income Threshold.Introduction: ARTs in Resource-Poor Areas: Practices, Experiences, Challenges and Theoretical DebatesTrudie GerritsChapter 5. Global Access to Reproductive Technologies and Infertility Care in Developing CountriesWillem OmbeletChapter 6. Childlessness in Bangladesh: Women’s Experiences of Access to Biomedical Infertility ServicesPapreen NaharChapter 7. Ethics, Identities and Agency: ART, Elites and HIV/AIDS in BotswanaAstrid BochowChapter 8. A Child Cannot Be Bought? Economies of Hope and Failure When Doing ARTs in MaliViola HörbstChapter 9. Practitioner Perspective: A View from Sri LankaThilina S. Palihawadana and H.R. SeneviratneSection Three: ARTs and Professional PracticeIntroduction: Ethnic Communities, Professions and PracticesAlison ShawChapter 10. Reproductive Technologies and Ethnic Minorities: Beyond a Marginalising Discourse on the Marginalised CommunitiesSangeeta ChattooChapter 11. Knock Knock, ‘You’re my mummy’: Anonymity, Identification and Gamete Donation in British South Asian CommunitiesNicky Hudson and Lorraine CulleyChapter 12. Practitioner Perspective: Cultural Competence from Theory to Clinical PracticeAna Liddie Navarro and Miriam OrcuttNotes on Contributors    BibliographyIndex