Patient-centred IVF : bioethics and care in a Dutch clinic / Trudie Gerrits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerrits, Trudie, author.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality.

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertilization in vitro.

Netherlands.

Medical Subjects:

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn, 2016.

Summary:

Contemporary Dutch policy and legislation facilitate the use of high quality, accessible and affordable assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) to all citizens in need of them, while at the same time setting some strict boundaries on their use in daily clinical practices. Through the ethnographic study of a single clinic in this national context, Patient-Centred IVF examines how this particular form of medicine, aiming to empower its patients, co-shapes the experiences, views and decisions of those using these technologies. Gerrits contends that to understand the use of reproductive technologies in practice and the complexity of processes of medicalization, we need to go beyond ‘easy assumptions’ about the hegemony of biomedicine and the expected impact of patient-centredness.

Contents:

Studying ARTs : theory, context, the clinic and methods

'Dutch IVF' : legislation, guidelines and health insurances

The couples and their quest for a child

Daily practices in the patient-centred clinic

Information and interpretation : risks and rates

The body and visualizing technologies

Gendered suffering and support

Bioethics in practice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-540-9

OCLC:

957655321