This article aims to show how eight women, most of them with higher education,
experienced, perceived, and understood birth care in the context of the post-socialist …

The article examines the concept of biopower as it relates to contemporary reproductive
medicine. It puts forth analytical frames for understanding the ways in which the power and …

Focusing on Czech birth care, this article examines the birth experience of 40 women who
gave birth in different maternity hospitals during the past seven years. It investigates how …

Changes in Understanding the Role of a Father in Contemporary Family. The article
discusses changes that occurred in understanding and perception of the role of father and …

The article analyses the public dispute over homebirths in Czechia over the past two
decades using the concept of'societalisation'. Drawing on a wealth of empirical material …

Kniha se zabývá současnou reprodukční medicínou v České republice. Vychází přitom z
analýzy instituce biomedicíny jako konkrétního projevu normalizace moderní společnosti v …

Recent trends in health care provision, targeted by social science researchers employing
concepts such as deprofessionalization, routinisation, proletarisation or commercialisation …

In the past few years social scientists have extensively focused on the domain of human
reproduction. This focus has provided many incentives for the development of related social …

The article analyses the contexts and practices of head doctors regarding childbirth, whether
reproducing or challenging the gender regimes. The research sheds light on men's practices …

Stať zachycuje osudy 26 mladých rodin z Brna a okolí zhruba pět let poté, co se jim narodilo
první dítě. Analýza a následná prezentace v textu se snaží vymezit oblasti, kde lze v …