Donor Insemination International Social Science Perspectives [Paperback]

This 1998 book considers socio-cultural and policy dimensions to donor insemination, with international perspectives.Donor insemination or DI is the oldest and most widely practised form of assisted conception. Until now, it has been assessed largely from a medical perspective. This book brings together an international group of social scientists to discuss the social, cultural, political and practical dimensions to DI, relating it to the wider debates about fertility treatment.Contributors consider the experience of DI from the viewpoint of all the various parties involved, including those treated, the donors, clinicians, and the children of DI.Donor insemination or DI is the oldest and most widely practised form of assisted conception. Until now, it has been assessed largely from a medical perspective. This book brings together an international group of social scientists to discuss the social, cultural, political and practical dimensions to DI, relating it to the wider debates about fertility treatment.Contributors consider the experience of DI from the viewpoint of all the various parties involved, including those treated, the donors, clinicians, and the children of DI.Donor insemination or DI is the oldest and most widely practiced form of assisted conception. Until now, it has been assessed largely from a medical perspective. This book brings together an international group of social scientists to discuss the social, cultural, political and practical dimensions of DI, relating it to the wider debates about fertility treatment. Contributors consider the experience of DI from the viewpoints of all the parties involved, including those treated, the donors, the clinicians, and the children of DI.1. International social science perspectives on donor insemination: an introduction Erica Haimes and Ken Daniels; 2. The users of donor insemination Judith N. Lasker; 3. Families created through donor insemination Robert and Elizabeth Snowden; 4. The making of 'the DI childlƒ¬