tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Globalisation of birth markets: a case study of assisted reproductive technologies in India"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Globalisation of birth markets: a case study of assisted reproductive technologies in India | Sarojini et al. Globalization and Health 2011 7 27 http content 7 1 27 H2 globalization 7 AND HEALTH DEBATE Open Access Globalisation of birth markets a case study of assisted reproductive technologies in India Nadimpally Sarojini Vrinda Marwah and Anjali Shenoi Abstract The escalation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies ARTs in India into a veritable fertility industry is the result of a multitude of reasons. This paper places the bio-genetic industry within the larger political economy framework of globalisation and privatisation thus employing a framework that is often omitted from discussions on ARTs but has direct and significant bearings on the ART industry in India. As markets for human organs tissues and reproductive body parts experience unprecedented growth the limits of what can or should be bought and sold continue to be pushed. As such bodies have emerged as sale-worthy economic capital. Commercial flows of reproductive material create and deploy the division of the body into parts over which ownership is claimed in the process following modern routes of capital and raising issues of structural inequality. This paper presents a brief picture of India s fertility industry with specific focus on its ground-level operation nature and growth. It aims to explore the industry dimensions of ARTs by highlighting the macro picture of health care markets and medical tourism in India the proliferation of the ART industry market features such as the social imperative to mother costs promotion and marketing unverified claims inflated success rates deals and offers actors and collaborations in the field and finally the absence of standards. This paper presents findings from the research Constructing Conceptions The Mapping of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in India by Sama a Delhi-based resource group working on gender health and rights. This research was conducted from 2008 to 2010 in the three states of Uttar Pradesh Orissa and