Public Perceptions of Gamete Donation in British South Asian Communities
Written by admin on Monday, February 19, 2007 11:30
Interesting cultural and religious perceptions highlighted
This study, funded by the ESRC Science in Society Programme, looked at attitudes to using donated sperm and eggs in fertility treatment. The team led by Dr Lorraine Culley, from De Montfort University Leicester, carried out focus group discussions with 100 women and men from Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities in three English cities.
The research highlights culturally and religiously specific ways in which members of South Asian communities perceive the use of donated gametes in treating infertility and suggests a number of reasons for the shortage of egg and sperm donors. The research also explores some important gender differences perceptions of fertility treatments and discusses a range of additional issues likely to be of interest to practitioners and academics working in the field.
The report includes a strategy to enhance the public profile of gamete donation in South Asian communities, developed in collaboration with the National Gamete Donation Trust. An electronic copy of the report can be obtained from the project Research Fellow Nicky Hudson:nhudson@dmu.ac.uk.
A summary will also be available on the DMU Health Policy Research Unit website: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/hpru/
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