Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy: A Sociomaterial Perspective

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Alexander Styhre

Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy

A Sociomaterial Perspective

Alexander Styhre

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Routledge
14 October 2024

Philosophy; Social issues & processes; Gender studies, gender groups; Medicolegal issues; Philosophy of science

In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as 'the bioeconomy' and 'the baby business'. The life sciences play an increasing role in providing services and commodities consumed by businesses and the public. Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization in Sweden, this book is the first to examine the commercialization and commodification of know-how derived from the life sciences, from the point of view of organization theory. In the field of reproductive medicine there has been significant growth of both public and private clinical work. Clinics are places where individual interests and concerns and social and institutional arrangements intersect. With a front office where patients encounter various professional groups and a back office comprising the laboratories wherein human reproductive materials are handled and stored, they are more than just places in which medicine is applied in a clinical setting. Clinicians in this field actively influence policy-making and the regulatory frameworks that monitor and set the boundaries for their work. These are places where social and cultural interests and concerns are translated into policies and practice. The clinics are open social systems, responding to and influencing discussions. This book combines organization theory, sociological theory, gender theory, science and technology studies, and philosophy. It emphasises the critical importance of a sociomaterial perspective on organization, stressing how material and social resources are always of necessity folded into each other in day-to-day organizing.

By: Alexander Styhre
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781032925561
ISBN 10: 1032925566
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I Theoretical Perspectives; Introduction; Chapter 1 Materiality, Technoscience and Organizing; Chapter 2 Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Fertilization; Part II Assisted Fertilization as Practice; Chapter 3 Developing Assisted Fertilization; Chapter 4 In the Clinic; Chapter 5 In the Laboratory; Chapter 6 Regulations and Controversies; Part III Analysis; Chapter 7 The Management of Assisted Fertilization;

Alexander Styhre, PhD, is professor and chair of organization theory and management, Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. Styhre’s work has appeared in Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Organization, Group and Organization Management, and elsewhere. Styhre is author, co-author, and co-editor of more than 20 research monographs and textbooks including the most recent Venturing Into the Bioeconomy (co-authored, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Knowledge Sharing in Professions (Gower, 2011), and Visual Culture in Organizations (Routledge, 2010). Rebecka Arman, Ph.D, is a lecturer and researcher of organization theory and management in the same department. Arman is a trained nurse with work experience from the field of gynaecology. Arman's dissertation project focused on health care management and her work has appeared in the Journal of Nursing Management and Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. She has co-authored chapters in a monograph on the work of managers.