Contraception across Cultures

Technologies, Choices, Constraints

Andrew Russell, Mary Thompson, Elisa J. Sobo (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

266 Seiten

2000
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-85973-386-8 (ISBN)

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Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention. This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception, family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously, as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts. With its in-depth, case-study approach, this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health, as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology, health studies, gender and development studies, or anyone interested in the social, cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies.

Andrew Russell University of Durham Elisa Sobo Trauma Research Scientist, Children's Hospital, San Diego Mary Thompson DFID-Guyana.

Part 1 Approaches and Methods, Part 2 Contraception in its Political and Economic Contexts, Part 3 Contraceptive Policy and Practice: User Perspectives, Part 4 Contraceptive Policy and Practice: Provider Perspectives

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2000
Reihe/Serie	Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	1-85973-386-7 / 1859733867
ISBN-13	978-1-85973-386-8 / 9781859733868
Zustand	Neuware