'A tragedy as old as history': Medical responses to infertility and artificial insemination by donor in 1950s Britain

Gayle Davis

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-52080-7_19

'A tragedy as old as history': Medical responses to infertility and artificial insemination by donor in 1950s Britain

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History
Subtitle of host publication	Approaches, Contexts and Perspectives
Editors	Gayle Davis, Tracey Loughran
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	359-382
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137520807
ISBN (Print)	9781137520791
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52080-7_19
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2017

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Name	Palgrave Handbooks
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

artificial insemination
doctors
infertility
pathologization
religion

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The social, medical and political response to fertility in later 20th century scotland (1950-1990)
Davis, G. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
1/01/07 → 30/11/12
Project: Research

The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History: Approaches, Contexts and Perspectives
Davis, G. (Editor) & Loughran, T. (Editor), 12 Sept 2017, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 663 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Gayle Davis
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology - Personal Chair of the History of Medicine
- History
Person: Academic: Research Active

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'A tragedy as old as history': Medical responses to infertility and artificial insemination by donor in 1950s Britain. / Davis, Gayle.
The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History: Approaches, Contexts and Perspectives. ed. / Gayle Davis; Tracey Loughran. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. p. 359-382 (Palgrave Handbooks).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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'A tragedy as old as history': Medical responses to infertility and artificial insemination by donor in 1950s Britain

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The social, medical and political response to fertility in later 20th century scotland (1950-1990)

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The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History: Approaches, Contexts and Perspectives

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Gayle Davis

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