Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care Evidence Challenges, Commercialization, and the Market for Hope
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ArtikelUtgivningsinformation: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024Beskrivning: 1 electronic resource (197 p.)Innehållstyp: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781529236743
- Add-ons
- Commercialization
- Ethnography
- Evidence
- IVF
- J Society and Social Sciences
- JB Society and culture
- JBF Social and ethical issues
- JBFV Ethical issues and debates
- JBFV5 Ethical issues
- M Medicine and Nursing
- MB Medicine
- MBP Health systems and services
- MBS Medical sociology
- Medical sociology
- P Mathematics and Science
- PD Science
- PDR Impact of science and technology on society
- Regulation
- Science and technology studies
- general
- general issues
- scientific
- technological and medical developments
- thema EDItEUR
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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book delves into the complex and controversial realm of fertility care. It analyses the clash between evidence-based medicine and market dynamics in fertility treatments, with a unique focus on "add-on" treatments. It reveals how these contentious treatment options are now common practice and how they lead to an emerging market for hope. With an interdisciplinary approach, this is an essential resource for readers in the fields of science and technology studies and medical sociology.
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