Oocyte cryopreservation beyond cancer: tools for ethical reflection

Linkeviciute, Alma; Peccatori, Fedro Alessandro; Sanchini, Virginia; Boniolo, Giovanni

doi:10.1007/s10815-015-0524-0

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“…For example, the policy for pre-treatment fertility counseling prescribes that both health professionals and cancer patients are to be given the information and opportunity to decide on the preservation of patients' fertility (6). It is also crucial to conduct bioethical reflections regarding fertility preservation technology and decision making (26). In their investigation of attitudes toward SHC, future studies should also consider differences in participating institutions' approaches and policies in this regard.…”

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Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practice of Sexual Health Care: Preliminary Study for Developing Training Program

Ahn

Kim

2020

Front. Public Health

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Health professionals contribute toward addressing the sexual health care (SHC) of cancer patients, given the frequency of contact with their patients. This study investigated nurses' and physicians' SHC attitudes, practices, and educational needs relating to cancer patients' SHC. Using a cross-sectional study design, we assessed South Korean health professionals' attitudes, practice, and training needs related to cancer patients' SHC. Differences in attitudes and practices among the groups were analyzed via an independent-samples t-test, ANOVA, and ANCOVA using SPSS. The demographic characteristics, including sex, marital status, and age, were associated with SHC attitudes and practices. There was a significant difference in the level of nurses' and physicians' attitudes regarding SHC. Compared to nurses, physicians were found to hold a more positive attitude toward SHC. Nurses performed practices pertaining to reproductive care significantly more than physicians after controlling for demographic variables. A small correlation was found between scores on the SHCS-A and the SHCS-P among the groups. Participants' educational needs regarding SHC included changes in sexual function, safe sex during treatment, reproductive health, and sexual counseling approaches. Equipping oncology nurses and physicians with the knowledge to extend their roles by managing cancer patients' sexual function, psychological and social problems, and reproductive care would be effective. Additionally, oncology nurses who are mainly women and relatively younger than physicians ought to enhance their skills in communicating with and counseling male cancer patients.

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Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practice of Sexual Health Care: Preliminary Study for Developing Training Program

Ahn

Kim

2020

Front. Public Health

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“…The medical rationalization of reproduction is accompanied with rational-choice approaches of social action in the news media (Myers, 2014;Van de Wiel, 2014), as well as in the newly developing literature on egg freezing. The procedure is often depicted in the literature as a "rational" strategy for "wise proactive women who take control of their fertility" (Linkeviciute et al, 2015(Linkeviciute et al, : 1216. Some scholars, as well as the women studied by these scholars, frame egg freezing as an "insurance" mechanism or a "backup plan" against the "risks" of reproductive aging (Hodes-Wertz et al, 2013;Linkeviciute et al, 2015;Waldby, 2015b).…”

Section: The Medical Rationalization Of Reproductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The procedure is often depicted in the literature as a "rational" strategy for "wise proactive women who take control of their fertility" (Linkeviciute et al, 2015(Linkeviciute et al, : 1216. Some scholars, as well as the women studied by these scholars, frame egg freezing as an "insurance" mechanism or a "backup plan" against the "risks" of reproductive aging (Hodes-Wertz et al, 2013;Linkeviciute et al, 2015;Waldby, 2015b). Accordingly, several potential benefits are listed, such as extending the fertility period and so increasing time for education, investing in one's career, and forming a relationship, as well as increasing personal autonomy (Harwood, 2009;Mertes and Pennings, 2012;Savulescu and Goold, 2008;Waldby, 2015a).…”

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Fate, morals and rational calculations: Freezing eggs for non-medical reasons in Turkey

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Göçmen

2018

Social Science & Medicine

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This article aims to explore women's decisions to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons in Turkey. It draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with twenty-one women who were either in the process of freezing their eggs, or had completed the process within the previous year. Being highly educated and holding prestigious occupations, on the one hand, and faced with traditional gender norms, on the other, these women are confronted with a challenging decision. When making such a decision to freeze their eggs, women act under the constraints defined by biomedical paradigms, the society they live in, and the future uncertainty of their lives. However, it becomes apparent that women are able to reconcile different kinds of rationalities and concerns in their decisions to freeze eggs. They engage in rational calculations to find a solution to their reproductive concerns; they turn to their own belief systems when dealing with future uncertainty; and they negotiate social norms concerning virginity, while trying to conform to traditional reproductive roles.

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“…Women might also feel pressure to freeze their eggs ‘for the sake of workplace and career efficiency’, and an employer’s willingness to pay for egg freezing may create even more pressure for women to stay competitive (Robertson, 2014: 10–11). In a similar vein, employer subsidies for egg freezing may be viewed as an intrusion into female employees’ reproductive choices (Linkeviciute et al, 2015; Martinelli et al, 2015).…”

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Egg freezing experiences of women in Turkey: From the social context to the narratives of reproductive ageing and empowerment

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2017

European Journal of Women's Studies

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This article explores egg freezing experiences of women in Turkey. Since 2014, it has been legal in Turkey to use egg freezing technology for ageing women, while it was previously allowed only for disease-related purposes. In cooperation with a private fertility clinic in Istanbul, the authors conducted 21 interviews with older, single women who held either professional or managerial positions and who were undergoing or had undergone the procedure. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of these interviews, the authors explore the social context in which women postpone motherhood and decide to freeze their eggs. The study also looks at the women's emotional responses to ageing that were triggered by the experience of egg freezing and their narratives of empowerment as a result of the procedure.

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Oocyte cryopreservation beyond cancer: tools for ethical reflection

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practice of Sexual Health Care: Preliminary Study for Developing Training Program

Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practice of Sexual Health Care: Preliminary Study for Developing Training Program

Fate, morals and rational calculations: Freezing eggs for non-medical reasons in Turkey

Egg freezing experiences of women in Turkey: From the social context to the narratives of reproductive ageing and empowerment

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