ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2021
The crafting of hope: Contextualising add-ons in the treatment trajectories of IVF patients.
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- Measuring IVF Success: Why the Field Still Lacks Unified Metrics?Journal of reproduction & infertility · 2025Article
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- How do BMI-restrictive policies impact women seeking NHS-funded IVF in the United Kingdom? A qualitative analysis of online forum discussions.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Accounting for complexity in healthcare innovation debates: Professional views on the use of new IVF treatments.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2023Article
- Fertility specialists' views, behavior, and attitudes towards the use of endometrial scratching in Italy.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- "It all depends on why it's red": qualitative interviews exploring patient and professional views of a traffic light system for IVF add-ons.Reproduction & fertility · 2023Article
- Patient informed choice in the age of evidence-based medicine: IVF patients' approaches to biomedical evidence and fertility treatment add-ons.Sociology of health & illness · 2023Article
- ART constraints imposed by the complexities of oocyte activation.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022Article
- Algorithms, allyship, and advice: A qualitative analysis of fertility tracker marketing.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
The proliferation and popularity of additional treatments in IVF, also known as add-ons, has generated widespread discussion and controversy in the UK, where concerns have addressed the lack of evidence to support the efficacy and safety of these treatments, their cost, and their connection to a wider context of privatisation of fertility treatment. Drawing on 42 interviews with IVF patients, this article explores the role of hope in the appeal of add-ons from the patient perspective. The analysis is presented in two parts: firstly, we investigate the role of hope in patients' decision-making on treatment, contextualising add-ons in the broader trajectory of their IVF experience; secondly, we examine how patients navigate the offer of add-ons, focusing on the role of hope in how they rationalise their decisions on whether to include them in their fertility treatment. Our analysis shows how patients craft their hope to navigate the increasing number of available options in their quest to find the treatment(s) that will "work" for them. We suggest that the imperative for patients to explore all options is intensified with the emergence of add-ons, which produces a novel context and version of a "hope technology".
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