In-vitro metaphors: ART beneficiaries' meaning-making about human embryos in the context of IVF in Portugal.
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SUBMITTER: Delaunay C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8322126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
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In-vitro metaphors: ART beneficiaries' meaning-making about human embryos in the context of IVF in Portugal.
Delaunay Catarina C Santos Mário J D S MJDS Gouveia Luís L
Reproductive biomedicine & society online 20210629
This article proposes a metaphorical approach to the meaning-making of Portuguese assisted reproductive technology (ART) beneficiaries about human embryos created <i>in vitro</i>, based on the analysis of 30 in-depth interviews. This article draws from an ongoing research project on expert and lay definitions of human embryos developed <i>in vitro</i>, both in ART and scientific research. Four metaphors were identified in patients' utterances about the embryo's status and attributes: embryos are ...[more]
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