Selective Reproduction in the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wahlberg, Ayo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gammeltoft, Tine M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Medical anthropology.; Social medicine.; Culture.; Bioethics.; Medical ethics.; Science and Technology Studies.; Medical Anthropology.; Medical Sociology.; Sociology of Culture.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.

This book explores how conditions for childbearing are changing in the 21st century under the impact of new biomedical technologies. Selective reproductive technologies (SRTs) - technologies that aim to prevent or promote the birth of particular kinds of children - are increasingly widespread across...