Alexander Styhre, Rebecka Arman

Institutionalizing Assisted Reproductive Technologies

The Role of Science, Professionalism, and Regulatory Control

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative volume uses a Swedish case study to explore how health and social structures - including health services, regulatory bodies and patient groups - are being developed and reconfigured to take into account the increased use of assisted reproductive technologies, such as IVF treatments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138806214
• ISBN-10: 1138806218
• Artikelnr.: 43676264

Autorenporträt

Alexander Styhre is Professor and Chair of Organization Theory and Management at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Rebecka Arman is Assistant Professor of Organization Theory and Management at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Science of Life and the Market for Babies Part 1:
Theoretical Perspectives 2. Institutional Theory Discovers Agency 3. The
Market and Industry of Reproductive Therapies Part 2: Empirical Studies 4.
The Methodology of Study 5. Creating Institutions 6. Maintaining
Institutions 7. Disrupting Institutions Part 3: Institutionalizing ART 8.
Creating New Sociotechnical Reproductive Futures