1st Edition
Institutionalizing Assisted Reproductive Technologies The Role of Science, Professionalism, and Regulatory Control
212 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
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Reproductive medicine has been very successful at developing new therapies in recent years and people having difficulties conceiving have more options available to them than ever before. These developments have led to a new institutional landscape emerging and this innovative volume explores how health and social structures are being developed and reconfigured to take into account the increased... Read more
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
Biography
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.
