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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gerrits, Trudie, author.
Imprint:	New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 34 Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 34.
Subject:	Fertilization in vitro. Fertilization in Vitro. Patient-Centered Care. Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- ethics. Fertilization in vitro. Netherlands.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12870131

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Varying Form of Title:	Patient-centred in vitro fertilization
ISBN:	9781785332272 1785332279 9781785332265 1785332260
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 12, 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.
Other form:	Print version: Gerrits, Trudie. Patient-Centred IVF : Bioethics and Care in a Dutch Clinic. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, ©2016 9781785332265

Table of 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.