Article ID: CBB903736402

Assisted reproduction: Brazilian heterosexual couples' testimonies on the care of specialists (2020)

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Marlene Tamanini (Author)


Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 338-353


Publication Date: 2020
Edition Details: Thematic Cluster: Cross-Border Healthcare: The Interaction between Countries, Cities, and Cultures in Healthcare
Language: English

In this article we examine experiences and representations of care, as expressed by couples’ testimonies on their relationships with assisted reproduction clinics and specialists in Brazil. Our goal is to capture how care is recognized in the context of highly complex technologies. The intersections of affect, technology and the notion of God comprise hybrid elements that connect emotions, science, technology and (medical) specializations, and are recognized aspects of this type of care. Gratitude to God and gratitude to specialists are conjoined within a specific recognition of care as part of the expanded reproductive activities of our times, concerning both the bodies of women in search of maternity and of men in search of paternity, as well as embryos and gametes. These relationships of care are established through a process in which specialists become recognized as those that provide shelter from pain, hardship, waiting periods, frustrations and disappointments, for couples who have unsuccessfully attempted to conceive in the past. A carefully tended relationship of trust is forged, increasing clinics’ and specialists’ capacities to offer solutions for attaining pregnancy.

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Article Sandra P. González-Santos (2020) Introduction: Cross-border reproductive healthcare. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society (pp. 292-302). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sandra P. González-Santos
Amaia Pérez Orozco
Catelijne Coopmans
Christopher McKevitt
María José Guerrero-González
Koichi Kameda
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Reproductive technologies
Medicine
Care
Gender
Ethnography
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Spain
Chile
Brazil
Dubai
Georgia (Republic)
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Institutions
University of the Republic
World Health Organization (WHO)
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