The Social, Medical and Political Response to Infertility in Later Twentieth-Century Scotland (1950-1990). (360G-Wellcome-080137_Z_06_Z)

£189,579

This study will explore the interface between infertility, sexual dysfunction, health and sexuality in Scotland between circa 1950 and 1990. It will examine reproductive pathologies, technologies and ethics in terms of both the formulation and medical implementation of infertility-related policy, and gauge how medical ideologies and agencies interacted with broader socio-legal concerns and processes. The project will address the two major areas of contention within the history of infertility: aetiological debates and the implications of treatment. It will deconstruct the major causal theories debated in later twentieth-century Britain, relating them to broader social concerns and medical ideologies. It will also examine the social, legal, moral and ethical implications of treatment, and the social politics surrounding the desirability of new technologies. Techniques devised to treat the condition have raised highly complex and contentious issues which go far beyond the technical and medical considerations that have received most publicity to date. Therefore, an examination of the social context and contestation surrounding these issues will be central to the research. The study will compare the Scottish experience with the remainder of the United Kingdom, in order to explore whether there was a distinctively Scottish dimension to the social politics of reproduction in this period, given Scotland's separate traditions of law, local government and medical practice, and the distinctive influence of the Scottish Churches on governance north of the Border.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 189579
Applicant Surname Davis
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2006-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2005/06
Grant Programme: Title University Award in H&SS
Internal ID 080137/Z/06/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Gayle Davis
Partnership Value 189579
Planned Dates: End Date 2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Scotland
Sponsor(s) Prof Roger Davidson