Games of Life. Czech Reproductive Biomedicine. Sociological Perspectives
Games of Life. Czech Reproductive Biomedicine. Sociological Perspectives
Author(s): Eva Šlesingerová, Lenka Slepičková, Iva Šmídová
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Sociology, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Biopower; Biomedicine; Czech Republic; Biopolitics; Assisted Reproduction; Childbirth;
Summary/Abstract: Reproductive medicine is an attractive field for sociological inquiry for several reasons. Seemingly “natural” processes tackled by it, such as sexuality, conception or childbirth, are targets of biopower in every society as an attempt to tame life to fit within the borders outlined by these societies (Foucault 1999). They are a subject for fight over their definition, knowing and naming, delimiting normality, desirability and merit. Reproductive medicine is approached here as a representative of the three typical are as where current biopower/biopolitics is manifest, as identified in 2006 by Paul Rabinow and Nikolas Rose in their text Biopower Today, the others being genomics and the reconstituted idea of race (Rabinow and Rose 2006).
- E-ISBN-13: 978-80-210-7734-8
- Page Count: 167
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
Introduction to Games of Life
Introduction to Games of Life
(Introduction to Games of Life)
- Author(s):Lenka Slepičková, Eva Šlesingerová, Iva Šmídová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Editorial
- Page Range:5-12
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Games of Life; Biomedicine; childbirth;
- Summary/Abstract:Reproductive medicine is an attractive field for sociological inquiry for several reasons. Seemingly “natural” processes tackled by it, such as sexuality, conception or childbirth, are targets of biopower in every society as an attempt to tame life to fit within the borders outlined by these societies (Foucault 1999).
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Biopower and Reproductive Biomedicine in the Czech Republic. A Sociological Perspective
Biopower and Reproductive Biomedicine in the Czech Republic. A Sociological Perspective
(Biopower and Reproductive Biomedicine in the Czech Republic. A Sociological Perspective)
- Author(s):Iva Šmídová, Eva Šlesingerová, Lenka Slepičková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:13-32
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Biopower; Biomedicine; Czech Republic; Sociological perspective;
- Summary/Abstract:Biological reproduction concerns every one of us – we were all conceived, carried in the womb and we were born; most of us have children of our own. Reproduction is a sensitive and fundamental theme in the life of every person, it is the subject of heated discussions, both medical, academic and within the general public. Population studies, social politics, and demography have repeatedly given much attention to the issue of biological reproduction in the Czech population.
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Biopower, Life Itself and Reproductive Biotechnologies. The Concept of Life and the Genomization of Society
Biopower, Life Itself and Reproductive Biotechnologies. The Concept of Life and the Genomization of Society
(Biopower, Life Itself and Reproductive Biotechnologies. The Concept of Life and the Genomization of Society)
- Author(s):Eva Šlesingerová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Sociobiology
- Page Range:33-50
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Biopower; Reproductive Biotechnologies; Life; Genomization;
- Summary/Abstract:In the following chapter, the conceptual tools and analytical framework mentioned in the previous text – mainly biopolitics/ biopower and the idea of life itself – will be reflected. Our analysis of Czech reproductive medicine presupposes a more extensive understanding of the social forces and forms of power (governmentality) which are defining, governing, and naming human embodiment in society and politics. Therefore, the concepts will be analysed in connection with social processes, such as the post/genomization of society and broader biosocial changes in our biosocial societies.
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Embryo and Stem Cells Manipulation – Czech Context. Bio-objects and Their Borderlines
Embryo and Stem Cells Manipulation – Czech Context. Bio-objects and Their Borderlines
(Embryo and Stem Cells Manipulation – Czech Context. Bio-objects and Their Borderlines)
- Author(s):Eva Šlesingerová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:51-70
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Embryo and Stem Cells Manipulation; Fertilisation;
- Summary/Abstract:In the Czech documentary film Umění oplodnění (The Art of Fertilisation), which introduces the topic of assisted reproduction from different perspectives and view points, we could hear the following sentences about the miracle of conception and the scientific skills and abilities that enable this miracle to happen when the body is not working as it should: “When you realize how extremely sensitive the fascinating process of creating a new human is, one word comes to your mind: a miracle. So many factors have to work at once that it seems impossible. …Scientists… today can repair the broken life cycle to make it work.”
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Medicine as Reproduced Powerlessness: Everyday Life in Czech Reproductive Medicine from the Physicians’ Point of View
Medicine as Reproduced Powerlessness: Everyday Life in Czech Reproductive Medicine from the Physicians’ Point of View
(Medicine as Reproduced Powerlessness: Everyday Life in Czech Reproductive Medicine from the Physicians’ Point of View)
- Author(s):Lenka Slepičková, Iva Šmídová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:71-92
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Medicine; Czech Reproductive Medicine;
- Summary/Abstract:Since the end of the last century, social science research in medicine has focused primarily on the transformation or disappearance of the traditional attributes associated with the medical profession. These changes, dating from the second half of the century are described using terms such as professional decline (Annandale 1998), deprofessionalisation (Haug 1972) or proletarisation (McKinlay and Stoeckle 1988). The above-mentioned concepts emphasise the different causes of changes to the medical profession, but their description of the basic features of the changes is the same. The main sources of power in the medical profession, defined by Freidson (1988), such as autonomy, specified as the ability of medicine to exercise sovereign control over its own activities, and dominance, outlined as the medical control over other professions in health care, are weakened in relation to changes in medical practice.
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Establishing Trust – the Patient’s Responsibility. The Role of Trust between the Patients and the Doctors in Assisted Reproduction
Establishing Trust – the Patient’s Responsibility. The Role of Trust between the Patients and the Doctors in Assisted Reproduction
(Establishing Trust – the Patient’s Responsibility. The Role of Trust between the Patients and the Doctors in Assisted Reproduction)
- Author(s):Lenka Slepičková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:93-106
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Trust; Patient's Responsibility; Assisted Reproduction;
- Summary/Abstract:Trust, as the ability to rely on doctors and to believe that their behaviouris guided by the interests of the patient (Pearson and Raeke 2000), is one of the key elements of the relationship between the doctor and the patient which has persisted right up to the present in modern medicine. Trust is a key mechanism connecting doctors and patients, and is the foundation of professional autonomy in medicine (Fugelli 2001). Sick people have an increased need for trust which helps them cope with their existential angst, the risks, and the loss of control over their body, their social roles and the future (Fugelli 2001).
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Medical Childbirth Made in the Czech Republic: Required and Desired Practices
Medical Childbirth Made in the Czech Republic: Required and Desired Practices
(Medical Childbirth Made in the Czech Republic: Required and Desired Practices)
- Author(s):Iva Šmídová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:107-132
- No. of Pages:26
- Keywords:Medical Childbirth; Czech Republic;
- Summary/Abstract:A vast majority of childbirths (99.8%) take place in health facilities and are supervised by medical doctors in the Czech Republic (ÚZIS 2013: 19-20). The report on “Mother and Newborn 2012” refers to the growing trend where childbirth is performed under the control of a physician/obstetrician (80.2%) as opposed to midwives (18.9%, ÚZIS 2013: 19 and Table 2.26.2, p. 87). As for the place of birth, only 245 children, out of the 107,430 children born in 2012 in the Czech Republic, were born outside of hospital (ÚZIS 2013: 20and 24). The report presents the data as a downward trend in the number of births outside of hospital, presenting such events generally as accidents, which is supported by the high proportion of premature births among them (Ibid.).
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Conclusion: Contemporary Challenges in Czech Reproductive Biomedicine
Conclusion: Contemporary Challenges in Czech Reproductive Biomedicine
(Conclusion: Contemporary Challenges in Czech Reproductive Biomedicine)
- Author(s):Iva Šmídová, Lenka Slepičková, Eva Šlesingerová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:133-142
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Reproductive Biomedicine; Czech Republic; Modernism; Technology and science; Biosocieties;
- Summary/Abstract:Czech reproductive biomedicine is the bearer of the legacy of modernism, with its admiration for figures, technology, and science. It is also part of the late-modern deep social and cultural transformations that establish biosocieties or biosociality, as described by Paul Rabinow (Rabinow 1996). These transformations are not revolutionary; they are rather the product of the intensification of power that is inscribed in the very foundationsof modernity/the modern society. The power is biopower, which names, creates and controls life at the level of populations as well as at an individual level.
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References
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- Language:English
- Subject(s):Editorial
- Page Range:143-154
- No. of Pages:12
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Summary
Summary
(Summary)
- Author(s):Iva Šmídová, Lenka Slepičková, Eva Šlesingerová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
- Page Range:155-158
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:biopower; biomedicine; reproductive medicine; normalization; hegemony; medical profession; medicalization, gender; health; illness; childbirth; assisted reproduction; embryo manipulation;
- Summary/Abstract:The Games of Life analyses current reproductive medicine in the Czech Republic. It targets biomedicine, as a concrete manifestation of modern society’s normalization of the Western approach to human health and illness by focusing on three specific fields: childbirth, assisted reproduction, and embryo manipulation. All three themes are approached with the concept of biopower as a form of governance and administration of modern populations (Foucault 1999).
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Name Index
Name Index
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- Language:English
- Subject(s):Editorial
- Page Range:159-164
- No. of Pages:6
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