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Miscarriage Care Practices in Taiwan: Three Reproductive Apparatuses.

Li-Wen Shih¹, Celia Roberts²

¹Graduate Institute of Medical Humanities, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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|March 26, 2026

Summary

This study examines miscarriage in Taiwan, revealing how biomedicine, Taiwanese Chinese medicine (TCM), and folk healthcare interact. It highlights how TCM and folk practices blame women, while biomedicine overlooks emotional impact, reflecting complex experiences of pregnancy loss.

Keywords:

Taiwan Taiwanese Chinese medicine drawing as method folk healthcare miscarriage pregnancy loss social studies of reproduction sociology of health

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Area of Science:

Sociology of reproduction
Medical sociology
Cultural studies of health

Background:

Sociological studies on miscarriage often focus on Euro-American contexts, describing pregnancy loss as ambiguous and uncertain.
Pregnancy loss is understood to place pregnant individuals and fetuses in a liminal state.

Purpose of the Study:

To contribute to and challenge existing literature on miscarriage by focusing on the Taiwanese context.
To analyze the reproductive apparatuses that address miscarriage in Taiwan.
To understand the complex negotiations surrounding pregnancy loss.

Main Methods:

Qualitative study based on 28 interviews.
Analysis of 24 participant drawings.
Examination of three reproductive apparatuses: biomedicine, Taiwanese Chinese medicine (TCM), and folk healthcare.

Main Results:

Biomedicine is the dominant approach, but many Taiwanese women utilize TCM and folk healthcare for miscarriage, regardless of belief.
TCM and folk healthcare attribute blame to women for miscarriage.
Biomedicine fails to acknowledge the emotional significance of miscarriage for women.

Conclusions:

The three reproductive apparatuses reflect the ambiguity and uncertainty surrounding miscarriage in Taiwan.
Women navigate complex understandings of pregnancy loss through these different systems.
Understanding miscarriage sociologically requires attention to practices, thoughts, and feelings both within and outside biomedicine.