Kinship, law and religion

An anthropological study of assisted reproductive technologies in Iran
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-7720-8616-8
Verlag: Narr Dr. Gunter

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: Tübinger Studien zur Ethik – Tübingen Studies in Ethics

Since the first IVF birth in 1990, the Iranian medical community has not only given full support to the use and development of assisted reproductive technology but has aided the emergence of a powerful, locally-trained body of medical practitioners and biomedical researchers. At the same time, from a religious point of view, most Shia legal authorities - differences of opinion notwithstanding - have taken a relatively permissive view and generally support assisted reproductive technology, including procedures that involve egg, sperm and embryo donation as well as surrogacy arrangements under certain conditions. An examination of the social, legal and ethical aspects of the development and implementation of these technologies in Iran is the subject of this book. It is based on a combination of extensive ethnographic research and textual analysis of important academic and religious seminary publications in Iran, from Shia jurisprudence (fiqh) and Persian histories to the analysis of laws and verdicts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naef, Shirin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnomedizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Part I: Context
1. FRAMING THE ISSUES
Part II: Semantics
2. IDEAS ABOUT IRANIAN KINSHIP
3. SHIA APPROACHES TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
4. EMBRYO DONATION LAW AND SURROGACY REGULATION: THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, LAW AND ETHICS
Part III: Practice
5. SURROGACY AS DOING A GOOD DEED (SAVAB)
6. A PRICELESS GIFT: A SHORT STORY OF SURROGACY
7. "M AS IN MOTHER": MEDICAL PERSPECTIVES, CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
8. COUSIN MARRIAGE, SIBLINGSHIP AND REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
9. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Shirin Naef is a Swiss-Iranian anthropologist at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on Bioethics especially reproductive and genetic technologies, legal anthropology, material culture, kinship, religion, Shia jurisprudence and theology.