| Tittel: | Conceiving infertility : infertility treatment and assisted reproductive technologies in 20th century Norway | | Signatur: | 2018/49 | | Ansvar: | Eira Bjørvik | | Forfatter: | Bjørvik, Eira  | | Utgitt: | Oslo : University of Oslo. Faculty of Medicine, 2018 | | Omfang: | 271 s. | | Emneord: | Assistert befruktning / Fertilitet / Kvinnehelse / Reproduksjonsteknologi / Reproduktiv helse / Svangerskap | | Note: | Doktorgradsavhandling.
The thesis offers an account of the emergence of infertility treatment and assisted reproductive technologies in 20th century Norway, a previously undocumented field of medical practice. It is argued that infertility came to the fore in a period and in a society characterized by social and political refractions, and underwent a period of transition simultaneously on many levels, in social politics, clinical practice and science. At the dawn of the 20th century, it became important to raise awareness in the medical community and in the population at large to combat misconceptions about reproductive health perceived to keep people from seeking medical aid for their infertility and medical practitioners from treating them. Infertility developed into a conceptual hybrid that should be understood with the vocabulary of humanity and empathy, but approached with the tools and theories of science and medicine. This rationale was further supported by an expanded political notion of “health” that promoted having children as a healthy and normal expectation of life, as well as principles of universalism and equal access to public health care services intrinsic to the Nordic model of welfare. | | Eier: | HELSTILS | | Eksemplar: | 1. (1 tilgjengelige) | | |
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