Relative Strangers: Family Life, Genes and Donor Conception

With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important questions about family life. Using in-depth interviews the authors explore the lived reality of donor conception and offer insights into the complexities of these new family relationships.

Author: Petra Nordqvist, C. Smart
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/03/2014
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781137297662

About the Author
Petra Nordqvist is Lecturer in Sociology in the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life at the University of Manchester, UK.

Carol Smart is Professor of Sociology in the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life at the University of Manchester, UK. Her recent publications include Personal Life and Same Sex Marriages (with B. Heaphy and A. Einarsdottir).