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Sulik, Gayle. and Eich-Krohm, Astrid. "What do Breast Cancer and Infertility have in Common? Women’s Responses to Medicalization across Two Research Studies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p21845_index.html>

Sulik, G. A. and Eich-Krohm, A. , 2005-08-12 "What do Breast Cancer and Infertility have in Common? Women’s Responses to Medicalization across Two Research Studies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p21845_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper analyzes women’s responses to medicalization when coping with breast cancer and infertility, respectively. Using grounded theoretical concepts from a qualitative analysis of sixty women with breast cancer and applying them to interview data from a separate study of eighteen women experiencing infertility, the authors examine commonalities in how women manage medicalization processes, and experience the promise and the failure of medical technology. Findings suggest that “our women” have a lot in common, despite obvious differences related to the type of medical condition, treatment protocols, perceived ability to forego medical treatment, and women’s relative level of satisfaction with desired outcomes. We examine the role of the biomedical model in shaping women’s understandings of their respective medical conditions, the context surrounding women’s persistent desire to become informed medical consumers, and women’s emotional and behavioral responses to medical authority. After examining both breast cancer and infertility, we find that women’s responses to medicalization reflect a desire for agency that is stifled by the intensity and incomprehensibility of modern medicine as well as the constrictions of gender.

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