Egg freezing, fertility and reproductive choice : negotiating responsibility, hope

Author

• Baldwin, Kylie

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019

Language

English

ISBN

9781787564831

Series

Emerald studies in reproduction

Subject(s)

• CHILDBIRTH IN MIDDLE AGE
• PREGNANCY IN MIDDLE AGE
• REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Notes

• Emerald Business Management and Economics Ebooks 2019
• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

Negotiating Responsibility, Hope and Modern Motherhood
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book explores the experiences of some of the pioneering users of social egg freezing technology in the UK and the USA. Their motivations and experiences are contextualised alongside academic discussion.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

online resource (xviii, 206 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Prelims
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Contemporary Debates in Social Egg Freezing
Chapter 3 Timing Motherhood
Chapter 4 Performing Parenthood
Chapter 5 Motivations for Social Egg Freezing
Chapter 6 The Experience of Freezing Eggs for Social Reasons
Chapter 7 Negotiating Parenthood: Men, Intimate Relationships and Childbearing
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Appendix 1: Researching Social Egg Freezing
Appendix 2: Relationship Factors Motivating Use of Egg Freezing
Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms
Appendix 4: Abbreviations
Appendix 5: Research Participants’ Characteristics (Summary Table)
Appendix 6: Pen Portraits
References
Index

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00391/20	176 Bal E	Online !	Available