Browsing School of Business and Management by Subject "IVF"
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Accounting for complexity in healthcare innovation debates: Professional views on the use of new IVF treatments.
(2023-11)Social scientists have long been interested in the forces and values driving healthcare innovation. The simultaneous rise of 20th century healthcare reforms, increased importance of evidence and upsurge in lay health ... -
Patient informed choice in the age of evidence-based medicine: IVF patients' approaches to biomedical evidence and fertility treatment add-ons.
(2023-02)With the increasing offer of fertility treatment by a largely privatised sector, which has involved the proliferation of treatment add-ons lacking evidence of effectiveness, In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) patients are expected ... -
The trouble with IVF and randomised control trials: Professional legitimation narratives on time-lapse imaging and evidence-informed care.
(2020-08)Focusing on the case of time-lapse imaging (TLI), this paper analyses how medical professionals negotiate the use of new 'add-on' fertility treatments in light of the limited evidence available. The data produced by TLI ...