Reproductive agency, assisted reproductive technology & obstetric violence

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ID15217122
AuthorsAna Bravo-Moreno (0000-0001-6298-0428, Thomas Coram Research Unit, University College London, London, UK, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume43
Issue7-8
Pages806-826
Publication date2021-05-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2021.1883026
PMID33960876
OpenAlexW3159600956
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited27

In this article, I draw on ethnographic research I conducted in the UK and Spain. I analyse the experiences of women who chose to become mothers with the assistance of reproductive technologies (ART). All the women intended to have a natural birth in hospital and they reported that hospitals categorised their pregnancies as high-risk on the basis of their age (35-47 years) and the use of ART. How do these women deal with their reproductive treatment? How does hospital culture impact on women's birthing bodies and psyche? What are the struggles they undergo to defend their wish to have a "natural" birth

Agency (philosophy · Assisted reproductive technology · Chose · Environmental health · Ethnography · Family medicine · Gynecology · Infertility · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Reproductive health · Reproductive technology · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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