La intervención de ‘terceros’ en la producción de parentescoperspectiva de los/as donantes, las familias y la descendencia. Un estado de la cuestión

  1. Ana Mª Rivas 1
  2. Consuelo Álvarez 1
  3. Mª Isabel Jociles 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Revista de antropología social

ISSN: 1131-558X 1988-2831

Año de publicación: 2018

Título del ejemplar: Biotecnologías, mercados reproductivos y co-producción de parentesco

Volumen: 27

Número: 2

Páginas: 221-245

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/RASO.61850 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de antropología social

Resumen

España es el primer país europeo en número de ciclos de reproducción asistida y el tercero a escala mundial detrás de Estados Unidos y Japón. En cuanto al tipo de tratamiento específico, ocupa el primer lugar en Europa en donación de ovocitos. Sin embargo, pese a la potencialidad que representa España en la industria reproductiva y, especialmente, en la donación de gametos, apenas se conoce la versión de los/as donantes, las familias receptoras y la descendencia concebida a través de donación reproductiva. El objetivo de este texto es revisar y contrastar la escasa bibliografía existente en España sobre los actores protagonistas de un fenómeno cuyo volumen alcanza ya cifras llamativas, con la bibliografía internacional mucho más abundante.

Información de financiación

Este trabajo se enmarca en el proyecto «Familias, Centros de reproducción asistida y donantes. Miradas cru-zadas. Variaciones según modelos familiares y anonimato/no anonimato de la donación», financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Plan Nacional I+D+i. CSO2015-64551-C3-2-R

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