Substantial Relations Making Global Reproductive Medicine in Postcolonial India

Substantial Relations examines global reproductive medicine in India, focusing on in vitro fertilization. Since the 1970s, India has played a central but shifting role in shaping global reproductive medicine-from a provider of raw material, to a producer of knowledge and technology, to a creator of...

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Main Author: Bärnreuther, Sandra (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2021
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