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Ep 128: Infertility in the Muslim Community – The Culture and Fertility Series Fertility Docs Uncensored
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Infertility doesn’t discriminate. It affects people of all backgrounds. Because different groups of people view and deal with infertility in unique ways, the Fertility Docs have decided to do a Culture and Fertility Series to explore these differences. This episode focuses on infertility among members of the Muslim community. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center as they discuss this topic with Dr. Marcia Inhorn, a professor and the chair of the Council on Middle Eastern Studies at Yale University. Have questions about infertility? Visit FertilityDocsUncensored.com to ask our docs. Selected questions will be answered anonymously in future episodes.
Purchase Dr. Marcia Inhorn's books that were mentioned in today's episode:
America’s Arab Refugees: Vulnerability and Health on the Margins, Stanford University Press, 2021
Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai, Duke University Press, 2015,
The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East, Princeton University Press, 2012,
Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives, Berghahn Books, 2012
Local Babies, Global Science: Gender, Religion, and In Vitro Fertilization in Egypt, Routledge, 2003
Infertility doesn’t discriminate. It affects people of all backgrounds. Because different groups of people view and deal with infertility in unique ways, the Fertility Docs have decided to do a Culture and Fertility Series to explore these differences. This episode focuses on infertility among members of the Muslim community. Join Dr. Carrie Bedient from The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, Dr. Abby Eblen from Nashville Fertility Center and Dr. Susan Hudson from Texas Fertility Center as they discuss this topic with Dr. Marcia Inhorn, a professor and the chair of the Council on Middle Eastern Studies at Yale University. Have questions about infertility? Visit FertilityDocsUncensored.com to ask our docs. Selected questions will be answered anonymously in future episodes.
Purchase Dr. Marcia Inhorn's books that were mentioned in today's episode:
America’s Arab Refugees: Vulnerability and Health on the Margins, Stanford University Press, 2021
Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai, Duke University Press, 2015,
The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East, Princeton University Press, 2012,
Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives, Berghahn Books, 2012
Local Babies, Global Science: Gender, Religion, and In Vitro Fertilization in Egypt, Routledge, 2003
45 min