Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposal - The Development of the Medical Market in Genetic Material: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

博士论文研究计划 - 遗传物质医疗市场的发展：历史和当代分析

• 批准号: 0602871
• 负责人: Gail Kligman
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0602871&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Proposal; Development

SES-0602871Gail KligmanRene AlmelingUniversity of California, Los AngelesTechnological interventions into reproduction have become increasingly sophisticated, requiring the participation of paid others far outside the confines of the physician/patient relationship This project examines the structure and experience of the market in genetic material. Currently, there is a proliferation of advertisements placed by organized donation programs whose paying clients use reproductive technologies to conceive children. This creates a market in genetic material. This study asks how gender norms, market processes and donation program type (university, medical practice, or commercial agency) intersect to shape the processes through which women and men are recruited, screened and compensated in organized donation programs. First, the historical development of the market in genetic material is examined through interviews with twenty founders of early donation programs and analysis of newspaper accounts, clinical journal articles, and regulatory materials. Second, the contemporary organization of the donation process is examined through interviews with thirty-five staff at six donation programs, observation in each program for two weeks, and analysis of program materials, including advertisements, informed consent forms, and legal contracts. Third, the experience of selling genetic material is examined through interviews with donors from these same programs and analysis of donor profiles posted on program websites. This dissertation research contributes to debates in (1) the sociology of gender about the relationship between biological differences among women and men and the gendered norms attributed to these differences, (2) economic sociology about how social factors affect the expansion of the market, and (3) medical sociology about the intersection of the market and medical practice.

本项目考察了遗传物质市场的结构和经验。本项目的研究对象是美国加州大学洛杉矶分校的盖尔·克利格曼。目前，有组织的捐赠计划投放的广告越来越多，这些计划的付费客户使用生殖技术来怀孕。 这就创造了一个基因材料市场。本研究探讨了性别规范、市场过程和捐赠计划类型（大学、医疗实践或商业机构）如何相互交叉，以塑造在有组织的捐赠计划中招募、筛选和补偿女性和男性的过程。首先，通过对早期捐赠计划的20位创始人的采访和对报纸报道、临床期刊文章和监管材料的分析，研究了遗传物质市场的历史发展。第二，当代组织的捐赠过程进行了检查，通过采访35名工作人员在六个捐赠计划，观察在每个程序两个星期，并分析程序材料，包括广告，知情同意书，和法律的合同。第三，出售遗传物质的经验是通过与这些相同的程序和程序网站上公布的捐助者的个人资料分析捐助者的采访检查。本论文的研究有助于辩论（1）性别社会学之间的关系，男女之间的生物差异和性别规范归因于这些差异，（2）经济社会学的社会因素如何影响市场的扩张，（3）医学社会学的市场和医疗实践的交叉点。