Papers by Barbara Katz Rothman
Advances in medical sociology, 2007
Contemporary Sociology, Sep 1, 1978
Hastings Law Journal, 1996
For a sociologist, a day-long law conference is a challenge. It is not that the concepts are unfa... more For a sociologist, a day-long law conference is a challenge. It is not that the concepts are unfamiliar; they are the daily concepts of American life. It is that these concepts, these values, these ideologies that underlie American life go unchallenged in this setting. They are, in essence, the rules of the game, the delimiting system within which you must work. From the perspective of the social scientist or social philosopher, there is an irony in watching the law attempt to address medicine. From where I sit the same social world-with all of its limitations, flaws, biases, and injustices-produces both medicine and the law. The same system that produces the technologies produces the legal structure that presumes to control them. And from where I sit, not only is it not working, but it cannot be expected to work. The rights of those individuals most in need of protection cannot be protected, neither in law nor in medicine, when approached from the perspective of individual rights. That is the built-in tension in, most especially, any feminist critique of the laws surrounding procreation. Our legal system is founded on social contract theories, and contracts in American life are more than means. They are themselves deeply held moral values, symbols of goodness, fairness, and justice. Throughout the legal discussion of the new reproductive technologies, the language of contracts hums and buzzes. The solution to all problems appears to lie in the protection of individual liberties, and the way to accomplish that is through some form of contract protection. No matter what the problem-frozen embryos fought over or
Journal of Medical Ethics, Dec 1, 1985
This paper addresses the changing ideology regarding reproduction, an evolving American, and pote... more This paper addresses the changing ideology regarding reproduction, an evolving American, and potentially worldwide, value system regarding children and parenthood. Children are increasingly being seen as products, and the new technology ofreproduction, including the sale ofreproductive material and services and especially prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion, encourage this commodification ofthefetus. While the new technology does indeed offer new choices, it also creates nev' structures and new limitations on choice. In the contemporary American social structure, these choices are inevitably couched in terms ofproduction and commodification, and thus do not offer individuals Keywords Prenatal diagnosis; reproduction; abortion; reproductive technology; commodification of people. copyright.
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2008
This paper identifies how the different ideologies of patriarchy, technology, capitalism, race an... more This paper identifies how the different ideologies of patriarchy, technology, capitalism, race and feminism shape how we see breastfeeding and the breastfeeding mother with child. Ultimately, while we can make good strong arguments for breastfeeding from the perspective of health, of outcome, of good scientific data, we need to appreciate that they are only rationalizations for a shared belief that the image of the breastfeeding woman with baby represents something precious and valuable. So while it may be important to make arguments that draw on what is valued in society, we need to think hard about what it is that we value so that as we move forward with our efforts to make breastfeeding safe, we can use but not be used by, the various ideologies or claims.
Midwifery, 2022
The general discourse in most countries is that technological surveillance during pregnancy and c... more The general discourse in most countries is that technological surveillance during pregnancy and childbirth is synonymous with safety, while women's individual experiences are less likely regarded as critical. The aim of this ethnographic study at a birth center in Germany was to describe how midwives and their clients construct risk and safety. The data collection methods included participant observation and semi-structured interviews. 'Putting the baby back in the body' was the major theme that emerged, supported by three sub-themes. The women in this study relied on scans at the beginning of pregnancy to make their baby real to them, but became more confident in their capacity to sense their baby after experiencing the first fetal movements. The midwives fostered this confidence by using interactive palpation of the abdomen with the women, thus supporting their individual sensory experience, and, in the midwives' view, enhancing overall safety during pregnancy and at birth.
Contemporary Sociology, May 1, 2001
Page 1. Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations The Limits df Science in Understanding Whd We Are &am... more Page 1. Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations The Limits df Science in Understanding Whd We Are "Whatever your plans For today or fours for tomorrow, sol thorn aside and road this book. ... Page 5. GENETIC MAPS AND HUMAN IMAGINATIONS "This Ono 86X9-2AL-FX7X ...
New York University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
New York University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
Contemporary Sociology, Jul 1, 1991
American Journal of Sociology, 1988
Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 50-51, January 1988, Authors:Rhonda M. John... more Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 50-51, January 1988, Authors:Rhonda M. Johnson, rn, ms.
Buffalo Law Review, 1988
We have arranged a program with a number of conversants so that you can hear different perspectiv... more We have arranged a program with a number of conversants so that you can hear different perspectives on an extremely complicated set of issues which demand careful, thoughtful consideration. Our goal is to explore -the impact and implications of alternative reproductive technologies for feminism and for feminists.
AMA journal of ethics, Apr 1, 2016
The Chronicle of higher education, Feb 24, 2006
Health Psychology Update, Sep 1, 1997
New York University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
Routledge eBooks, Nov 12, 2021
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