Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care
Evidence Challenges, Commercialization, and the Market for Hope
Seiten
2024
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3674-3 (ISBN)
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-3674-3 (ISBN)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book analyses the clashes between evidence-based medicine and the dynamics of an increasingly privatised fertility care industry. With a unique focus on "add-on" treatments, it reveals how these controversial treatments are now widespread and can border on hopemongering.
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the complex and often controversial world of fertility care.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic research and interviews with patients and professionals, the book critically examines the tensions between evidence-based medicine and the demands of an increasingly commercialized fertility care industry. It sheds light on controversial "add-on" treatments, and an emerging hope market.
With its interdisciplinary approach, this is an essential resource for readers in the fields of science and technology studies and medical sociology.
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the complex and often controversial world of fertility care.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic research and interviews with patients and professionals, the book critically examines the tensions between evidence-based medicine and the demands of an increasingly commercialized fertility care industry. It sheds light on controversial "add-on" treatments, and an emerging hope market.
With its interdisciplinary approach, this is an essential resource for readers in the fields of science and technology studies and medical sociology.
Manuela Perrotta is Reader in Technology and Organisation in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary, University of London.
Introduction: Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care
1. What are Fertility Treatment Add-ons?
2. Evidence Challenges in Fertility Care
3. The Fertility Market: Help, Hype, and Hope
4. Regulating The Hope Market
Conclusion: Fostering Responsible Innovation in Fertility Care
Appendix: Methodology Notes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-3674-6 / 1529236746 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-3674-3 / 9781529236743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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