Health professionals' attitudes to the deregulation of emergency contraception (or the problem of female sexuality)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2248545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geraldine Barrett (0000-0002-9738-1051, St George's, University of London), Rosalyn Harper (St George's, University of London) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-216 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.00199 |
| OpenAlex | W2013278142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
Emergency contraception can be used to prevent pregnancy up to 72 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse. Currently, this form of emergency contraception is only available on prescription, but there is a possibility that emergency contraception may be deregulated (i.e. sold 'over the counter' by community pharmacists) in the future. This study used depth interviews to examine the views of 18 community pharmacists and six general practitioners towards the possible deregulation of emergency contraception. Most interviewees held overwhelmingly negative attitudes to such deregulation, in contrast to their professional bodies. Opposition to deregulation resulted from a clearly articulated set of assumptions about female sexuality, particularly that women are sexually irresponsible, chaotic and devious. We argue that these assumptions about female sexuality have a long and tenacious history. Health professionals' attitudes towards emergency contraception (and their concomitant assumptions about women's sexuality) are likely to undermine the provision of deregulated emergency contraception
Deregulation · Developed country · Economics · Emergency contraception · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Gynecology · Health care · Health professionals · Human sexuality · Long-acting reversible contraception · Medical prescription · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Population · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Reproductive Health and Contraception
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Embodied expertise
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |