Patient-Centred IVF
bioethics and care in a dutch clinic
$462.65
- Hardcover
372 pages
- Release Date
1 August 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 an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785332265 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785332260 |
| Author: | Trudie Gerrits |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 372 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 667g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives |
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Critics Review
“The ethnographic perspective of the book offers a valuable insight into the limitations that patient-centred approaches offer to solving the issues of medicalization in the context of ART. What is more, the book provides a close look into the daily work of health care providers, which is extremely valuable as it offers a careful analysis of health care providers’ interactions with patients, including mundane details often left outside of the analytical gaze.” • Medicine Anthropology Theory
“The social scientific study of reproduction is a growing field and scholars in that field will welcome a book on ART in the Dutch context as do a wide range of scholars and general readers interested in either feminism, gender, or health care. Physicians and other medical professionals will be interested in this work due to its clear implications for practice.” • Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University
About The Author
Trudie Gerrits
Trudie Gerrits is Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands, where she is co-director of the Masters in Medical Anthropology and Sociology (MAS).
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