| Ethical boundary-work in the infertility clinic. | |
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PMID: 21226735 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Infertility practice and reproductive technologies are generally seen as 'controversial' areas of scientific inquiry that raise many complex ethical issues. This paper presents a qualitative study that considered how clinicians constructed the role of the 'ethical' in their everyday practice. We use the concept of ethical boundary-work to develop a theory of 'settled' and 'controversial' morality to illuminate how infertility clinicians drew boundaries between different conceptions of the role ethics played in their practice. An attention to areas of settled morality, usually rendered invisible by their very nature, enables us to see how clinicians manage the 'ethical' in their practice. We argue that by creating a space of 'no-ethics' in their practice - part of a settled morality that does not require articulation - the informants re-appropriate an area of their practice from 'outside' influences and control. Bringing these elements to light can help 'outsiders' to challenge and question these distinctions and therefore bring additional perspectives to debates over morality in the infertility clinic. Illuminating the everyday ethical concerns of infertility clinicians can help direct ethical thinking towards these practical concerns, as well as to more abstract debates. |
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Lucy Frith; Ann Jacoby; Mark Gabbay |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-12 |
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Title: Sociology of health & illness Volume: - ISSN: 1467-9566 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8205036 Medline TA: Sociol Health Illn Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness © 2011 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness/Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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Department of Health Service Research, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool Department of Health Inequalities and the Social Determinants of Health, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool. |
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