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‘Everybody is moving on’: Infertility, relationality and the aesthetics of family among British-Pakistani Muslims

Hampshire, Katherine R.; Blell, Mwenza T.; Simpson, Bob - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 7, pp. 1045-1052

It is now widely recognised that experiences of infertility are socially and culturally contingent. Drawing on … subjective experiences of infertility in this population can take many forms, from ‘straightforward’ childlessness to concerns … and number of offspring. Extended family relations are pivotal in the processes through which reproduction (or lack …

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To Be or Not to Be? That is Conception! Managing In Vitro Fertilization Programs

Kaplan, Edward H.; Hershlag, Avner; DeCherney, Alan H.; … - In: Management Science 38 (1992) 9, pp. 1217-1229

The performance of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) programs is summarized typically as the average probability of achieving pregnancy per cycle. Variation in conception probabilities across women reduces the usefulness of such an aggregate measure. More relevant is the...

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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Yarger, Jennifer; Decker, Mara; Brindis, Claire; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank's Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010 - 2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. A couple key...

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Revisiting “her” infertility: Medicalized embodiment, self-identification and distress

Johnson, Katherine M.; Fledderjohann, Jasmine - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 5, pp. 883-891

Prior research emphasizes women's distress and responsibility for a couple's infertility because of gendered … embodiment of infertility. Using regression analysis, we examined two psychosocial outcomes (self-identification as infertile and … infertile unless personally diagnosed. As such, we cannot assume that all women universally experience infertility. Future …

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Did the US Infertility Health Insurance Mandates Affect the Timing of First Birth?

Ohinata, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

From 1977-2001, 15 US states mandated health insurance providers to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Although …

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Nameless relations : anonymity, Melanesia and reproductive gift exchange between British ova donors and recipients

Konrad, Monica - 2005

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The new consumer advocates for safer chemicals: mandating healthy products

Bollheimer, Meredith - In: Journal of Business Strategy 36 (2015) 3, pp. 3-10

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a variety of rationales for adopting a proactive posture related to removing chemicals of concern from consumer products. Design/methodology/approach – The author’s methodology included reviewing existing and proposed international and...

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The unequal battle against infertility : theory and evidence from ivf success

Groes, Fane; Houstecka, Anna; Iorio, Daniela; … - 2024

infertility causes, health, clinics, finances, and partner attributes as drivers. Instead, we focus on latent factors like ability …

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The baby business : how money, science, and politics drive the commerce of conception

Spar, Debora L. - 2006

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Marginalized reproduction : ethnicity, infertility and reproductive technologies

Culley, Lorraine (contributor) - 2009

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