Background: Therapeutic emotion work is performed by health care providers as they
manage their own feelings as well as those of colleagues and patients as part of efforts to …

Introduction: Globally, infertility is a major reproductive disease that affects an estimated 186
million people worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of infertility is considerably …

This article undertakes a close reading of the parliamentary debates associated with the
topic of embryo cryopreservation in Aotearoa New Zealand. From our critical readings, we …

As many as one in four New Zealanders experience infertility. Some choose to pursue
surrogacy as an option to make a family because traditional surrogacy and gestational …

This paper addresses the plural forms of reasoning used by clinical embryologists when
deciding the fate of the human embryos they create and manipulate in the laboratory setting …

Kinship norms in Aotearoa New Zealand are inherently heteronormative, constructed out of
the settler colonial ideal that a heterosexual couple with children in a nuclear family are the …

This chapter explores how biotechnologies are incorporated into everyday aspects of caring
for ourselves and others. It also explores some recent studies of both biotechnology and …

We engage with feminist and critical disability studies and cosmopolitan ethics to search for
a cosmopolitan vernacular of the “right to choose” among people faced with the …

This chapter draws upon ethnographic fieldwork in two New Zealand laboratories dealing
with Human Assisted Reproduction Technology (HART). It explores the nature of ethical …

Tittel: Ufrivillig barnløshet–psykologisk stress og mangel på håp under fertilitetsbehandling
Problemstilling: Hvordan kan sykepleier bidra til å redusere psykologisk stress og fremme …