Situated technology in reproductive health care: Do we need a new theory of the subject to promote person-centred care?
Abstract
Going through reproductive experiences (especially pregnancy and childbirth) in contemporary Western societies almost inevitably involves interaction with medical practitioners and various medical technologies in institutional context. This has important consequences for women as embodied subjects. A critical appraisal of these conse-quences-coming dominantly from feminist scholarship-relied on a problematic theory of both technology and the subject, which are in contemporary approaches no longer considered as given, coherent and well individualized wholes, but as complex constellations that are locally situated and that can only be described empirically. In this study, we will be relying on the developments in phenomenological theory to reconceptualize women as technologically mediated embodied subjects and on the new paradigms in philosophy of technology and STS to reconstruct medical technology as situated-with the aim of reconceptualizing their relationship and exploring different ...possibilities for the mediating role of medical technology. It will be argued that technologization of female reproductive processes and alienating consequences for women are not necessary or directly interrelated. The role of technology varies from case to case and depends mainly on the nontechnological and relational aspects of institutional context, in which medical practitioners play a decisive role.
Keywords:
technology / subjective experience / reproductive care / phenomenology / embodiment / ANTSource:
Nursing Philosophy, 2017, 18, 1Publisher:
- Wiley, Hoboken
DOI: 10.1111/nup.12159
ISSN: 1466-7681
PubMed: 27882655
WoS: 000396627900007
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85005842131
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Stanković, Biljana PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2315 AB - Going through reproductive experiences (especially pregnancy and childbirth) in contemporary Western societies almost inevitably involves interaction with medical practitioners and various medical technologies in institutional context. This has important consequences for women as embodied subjects. A critical appraisal of these conse-quences-coming dominantly from feminist scholarship-relied on a problematic theory of both technology and the subject, which are in contemporary approaches no longer considered as given, coherent and well individualized wholes, but as complex constellations that are locally situated and that can only be described empirically. In this study, we will be relying on the developments in phenomenological theory to reconceptualize women as technologically mediated embodied subjects and on the new paradigms in philosophy of technology and STS to reconstruct medical technology as situated-with the aim of reconceptualizing their relationship and exploring different possibilities for the mediating role of medical technology. It will be argued that technologization of female reproductive processes and alienating consequences for women are not necessary or directly interrelated. The role of technology varies from case to case and depends mainly on the nontechnological and relational aspects of institutional context, in which medical practitioners play a decisive role. PB - Wiley, Hoboken T2 - Nursing Philosophy T1 - Situated technology in reproductive health care: Do we need a new theory of the subject to promote person-centred care? IS - 1 VL - 18 DO - 10.1111/nup.12159 ER -
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Stanković, B.. (2017). Situated technology in reproductive health care: Do we need a new theory of the subject to promote person-centred care?. in Nursing Philosophy Wiley, Hoboken., 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12159
Stanković B. Situated technology in reproductive health care: Do we need a new theory of the subject to promote person-centred care?. in Nursing Philosophy. 2017;18(1). doi:10.1111/nup.12159 .
Stanković, Biljana, "Situated technology in reproductive health care: Do we need a new theory of the subject to promote person-centred care?" in Nursing Philosophy, 18, no. 1 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12159 . .