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Situational ethics in a feminist ethnography on commercial surrogacy in Russia: Negotiating access and authority when recruiting participants through institutional gatekeepers by Weis, Christina

“…In this article, I discuss methodological and ethical dilemmas when recruiting participants with the help of medical and institutional gatekeepers during my…”
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“My emotions on the backseat”. Heterosexually partnered men’s experiences of becoming fathers through surrogacy by Weis, Christina, Norton, Wendy

“…Surrogacy is a family building option for people unable to conceive or carry a pregnancy. In heterosexual couples seeking surrogacy, a woman who is not the…”
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Moral frameworks of commercial surrogacy within the US, India and Russia by Smietana, Marcin, Rudrappa, Sharmila, Weis, Christina

“…In this paper, we draw on three ethnographic studies of surrogacy we carried out separately in different contexts: the western US state of California, the…”
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Using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) to develop an intervention to improve referral and uptake rates for self-management education for patients with type 2 diabetes in UK primary care by Turner, Jessica, Martin, Graham, Hudson, Nicky, Shaw, Liz, Huddlestone, Lisa, Weis, Christina, Northern, Alison, Schreder, Sally, Davies, Melanie, Eborall, Helen

“…Abstract Background Referral and uptake rates of structured self-management education (SSME) for Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the UK are variable and relatively…”
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Changing Fertility Landscapes: Exploring the Reproductive Routes and Choices of Fertility Patients from China for Assisted Reproduction in Russia by Weis, Christina

“…Global reproductive landscapes and with them cross-border routes are rapidly changing. This paper examines the reproductive routes and choices of fertility…”
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Rudrappa, S.Discounted Life: The Price of Global Surrogacy. New York: New York University Press: 2015. 222 pp £18.99 (pbk) ISBN 978‐1‐4798‐2532‐5 by Weis, Christina

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All the lonely people, where do they all belong? An interpretive synthesis of loneliness and social support in older lesbian, gay and bisexual communities by Fish, Julie, Weis, Christina

“…PurposeLoneliness is a phenomenon which affects people globally and constitutes a key social issue of our time. Yet few studies have considered the nature of…”
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Redefining Bioavailability through Migrant Egg Donors in Spain by Nahman, Michal, Weis, Christina

“…This article utilises feminist technoscience studies’ notions of bodily ‘materialisation’ and ‘ontological choreographies’, offering a cyborg feminist account…”
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Help-seeking and access to care for stroke and heart attack during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study by Weis, Christina, Spiliopoulos, Georgia, Ignatowicz, Agnieszka, Conroy, Simon, Mannion, Russell, Lasserson, Daniel, Tarrant, Carolyn

“…In this article we explore how people who experienced a stroke, transient ischaemic attack, or heart attack sought health care during the COVID-19 lockdown…”
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Egg donation in the age of vitrification: A study of egg providers’ perceptions and experiences in the UK, Belgium and Spain by Lafuente‐Funes, Sara, Weis, Christina, Hudson, Nicky, Provoost, Veerle

“…IVF treatment involving donated eggs increases yearly. Numerous technical and commercial transformations have reshaped how eggs are retrieved, stored and…”
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Emerging “repronubs” and “repropreneurs”: Transnational surrogacy in Ghana, Kazakhstan, and Laos by Whittaker, Andrea, Gerrits, Trudie, Weis, Christina

“…In this article, we offer an analysis of the development of “repronubs”: less-known locations offering small-scale, niche cross-border gestational surrogacy or…”
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The experience of counselling for UK egg providers by Loyal, Sasha, Hudson, Nicky, Culley, Lorraine, Weis, Christina

“…Objective The aim of this study was to address current gaps in knowledge regarding the appropriateness and quality of counselling provided to egg donors in the…”
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Death and the artificial placenta by Nelson, Anna, Romanis, Elizabeth Chloe, Adkins, Victoria, Weis, Christina, Kuberska, Karolina

“…Abstract Artificial Amnion and Placenta Technology (AAPT)—sometimes referred to as ‘Artificial Womb Technology’—could provide an extracorporeal alternative to…”
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Moving through Motherhood: Involving the Public in Research to Inform Physical Activity Promotion throughout Pregnancy and Beyond by Salmon, Victoria E, Rodgers, Lauren R, Rouse, Peter, Williams, Oli, Cockcroft, Emma, Boddy, Kate, De Giorgio, Luana, Thomas, Ciara, Foster, Charlie, Davies, Rosie, Morgan, Kelly, Jarvie, Rachel, Weis, Christina, Pulsford, Richard M

“…Information received by women regarding physical activity during and after pregnancy often lacks clarity and may be conflicting and confusing. Without clear,…”
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Reproductive migrations: surrogacy workers and stratified reproduction in st petersburg by Weis, Christina Corinna

“…Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman conceives in order to give birth to child or children for another individual or couple to raise. This thesis…”
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A comparison of three rapid bacterial detection methods under simulated real-life conditions by Schmidt, Michael, Hourfar, Michael K., Nicol, Sven-Boris, Wahl, Alexandra, Heck, Julia, Weis, Christina, Tonn, Torsten, Spengler, Hans-Peter, Montag, Thomas, Seifried, Erhard, Roth, W. Kurt

“…BACKGROUND: Bacterial screening of all produced platelet concentrates (PCs) is implemented in many countries to reduce the risk of transfusion‐transmitted…”
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Optimized Scansystem™ platelet kit for bacterial detection with enhanced sensitivity: detection within 24 h after spiking by Schmidt, Michael, Weis, Christina, Heck, Julia, Montag, Thomas, Nicol, Sven-Boris, Hourfar, Michael K., Schaefer, Volker, Sireis, Walid, Roth, W. Kurt, Seifried, Erhard

“…Background and Objectives  The prevention and detection of bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates remains a major challenge for transfusion medicine…”
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TRANSFUSION COMPLICATIONS: A comparison of three rapid bacterial detection methods under simulated real-life conditions by Schmidt, Michael, Hourfar, Michael K, Nicol, Sven-Boris, Wahl, Alexandra, Heck, Julia, Weis, Christina, Tonn, Torsten, Spengler, Hans-Peter, Montag, Thomas, Seifried, Erhard, Roth, WKurt

“…BACKGROUND:Bacterial screening of all produced platelet concentrates (PCs) is implemented in many countries to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted…”
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ORIGINAL PAPER: Optimized Scansystem registered platelet kit for bacterial detection with enhanced sensitivity: detection within 24 h after spiking by Schmidt, Michael, Weis, Christina, Heck, Julia, Montag, Thomas, Nicol, Sven-Boris, Hourfar, Michael K, Schaefer, Volker, Sireis, Walid, Roth, WKurt, Seifried, Erhard

“…Background and Objectives: The prevention and detection of bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates remains a major challenge for transfusion medicine…”
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ORIGINAL PAPER: Optimized Scansystem(TM) platelet kit for bacterial detection with enhanced sensitivity: detection within 24 h after spiking by Schmidt, Michael, Weis, Christina, Heck, Julia, Montag, Thomas, Sven-Boris Nicol, Hourfar, Michael K, Schaefer, Volker, Sireis, Walid, Roth, W Kurt, Seifried, Erhard

“…The prevention and detection of bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates remains a major challenge for transfusion medicine. To be suitable for…”
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