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Epilogue: Controversy and Fetal Research : The Swedish Case

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  • Author(s): Jülich, Solveig
  • Document Type:
    Electronic Resource
  • Online Access:
    http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-541611
    Clio Medica: Studies in the History of Medicine and Health ; 107
    Histories of Fetal Knowledge Production in Sweden : Medicine, Politics, and Public Controversy, 1530-2020, p. 400-420
  • Additional Information
    • Publisher Information:
      Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för idéhistoria Leiden 2024
    • Abstract:
      This epilogue draws together and expands on discussions in the volume in order to highlight the issue of public controversy around the scientific uses of fetal material during the Swedish postwar period. First, it reviews the claim made by previous historical research that human tissue culture was widely regarded as unproblematic in Britain and the United States. Then it revisits the actors and interests involved in establishing Sweden as a hospitable environment for international human fetal research and discusses how strategies to gain legitimacy were developed. After that, building on controversy studies as well as perspectives from ignorance studies, it argues that ‘public controversy’ in this context must be understood as a multifaceted phenomenon, including ‘uncontroversy,’ ‘tamed controversy,’ and ‘selective controversy.’ Finally, it concludes by relating the Swedish case to the international arena as described by historical scholarship.
    • Subject Terms:
      human experimentation; human fetal research; tissue cultures; research ethics; postwar period; controversy studies; ignorance studies; Sweden; Humanities and the Arts; Humaniora och konst; Chapter in book; info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart; text
    • Accession Number:
      10.1163.9789004703759_017
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
      info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
    • Note:
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      UPE oai:DiVA.org:uu-541611
      0000-0003-2971-8721
      urn:isbn:9789004536739
      doi:10.1163/9789004703759_017
      1512271074
    • Contributing Source:
      UPPSALA UNIV LIBR
      From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
    • Accession Number:
      edsoai.on1512271074
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