Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care
Evidence Challenges, Commercialization and the Market for Hope
By Manuela Perrotta
Published
Jul 16, 2024Page count
160 pagesISBN
978-1529236743Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Jul 16, 2024Page count
160 pagesISBN
978-1529236767Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Jul 16, 2024Page count
160 pagesISBN
978-1529236767Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Bristol University PressAvailable Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the complex and often controversial world of fertility care.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic research and interviews with patients and professionals, the book critically examines the tensions between evidence-based medicine and the demands of an increasingly commercialized fertility care industry. It sheds light on controversial "add-on" treatments, and an emerging hope market.
With its interdisciplinary approach, this is an essential resource for readers in the fields of science and technology studies and medical sociology.
Manuela Perrotta is Reader in Technology and Organisation in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary, University of London.
1. Prologue
2. Introduction: Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care
3. What are IVF Treatment Add-ons?
4. Making Evidence in Fertility Care
5. The Fertility Market: Help, Hype and Hope
6. Regulating The Hope Market
7. Epilogue
8. Methodology