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1University of Sussex, Sociology Department, Plaza Popocatépetl 41-2, Colonia Hipódromo, D.F. 06100 Delegación Cuahutemoc, Mexico. S.P.Gonzalez-Santos@sussex.ac.uk
Abstract:
Drawing on the concept of therapeutic environments and comparing two case studies, this paper explores the interaction between the spatial factors of the clinical setting, the structural elements of the health system, and the specific treatment requirements of assisted reproduction in order to see the type and degree of privacy and accessibility, as well as the particular social dynamics (i.e. patient-physician and among patients) fostered in two Mexico City fertility clinics. Both cases suggest that certain types of therapeutic environments encourage the formation of spontaneous support groups while others favour the patient-physician relationship.
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