Cosmopolitan Conceptions
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Cosmopolitan Conceptions

IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai

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Cosmopolitan Conceptions

IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai

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In their desperate quest for conception, thousands of infertile couples from around the world travel to the global in vitro fertilization (IVF) hub of Dubai. In Cosmopolitan Conceptions Marcia C. Inhorn highlights the stories of 220 "reprotravelers" from fifty countries who sought treatment at a "cosmopolitan" IVF clinic in Dubai. These couples cannot find safe, affordable, legal, and effective IVF services in their home countries, and their stories offer a window into the world of infertility—a world that is replete with pain, fear, danger, frustration, and financial burden. These hardships dispel any notion that traveling for IVF treatment is reproductive tourism. The magnitude of reprotravel to Dubai, Inhorn contends, reflects the failure of countries to meet their citizens' reproductive needs, which suggests the necessity of creating new forms of activism that advocate for developing alternate pathways to parenthood, reducing preventable forms of infertility, supporting the infertile, and making safe and low-cost IVF available worldwide.

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Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9780822375357
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Prologue: Rahnia’s Reproductive Journey
  5. Introduction: IVF Sojourns
  6. Chapter 1. Hubs: Medical Cosmopolitanism in the Emirates
  7. Chapter 2. Absences: Resource Shortages and Waiting Lists
  8. Chapter 3. Restrictions: Religious Bans and Law Evasion
  9. Chapter 4. Discomforts: Medical Harm and the Search for High-Quality IVF
  10. Conclusion: Cosmopolitan Conceptions
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Glossary of Medical Terms
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index