"Fertilização in vitro é recurso para realizar o sonho de muitas famílias" : uma discussão sobre o tema no âmbito acadêmico.

Abstract

Technologies related to conceiving, including in vitro fertilization, have been increased the impact on the daily lives of a great number of citizens reaching men and women who wish to have children and for some reason cannot conceive them by traditional means of procreation. The multiple media publications indicate that future health professionals need to master these discussions in order to improve their practices in relation to assisted reproduction. This study aimed to discuss aspects related to in vitro fertilization concerning ethical, cultural and social issues in four 11 academic health degrees of a Community College. In terms of methodology, data were collected by conducting focus groups. The research perspective is post-structuralist perspective and the analysis was developed based on descriptive qualitative studies. Discussions about this topic within the academic field allowed the subjects a moment to problematize the narratives reinforce the norms and values associated with motherhood, encouraging acceptance and its demand for assisted reproduction methods. The subjects highlighted the lack of laws in the country which regulates the practice of in vitro fertilization, in addition to a wide discussion on the ethical aspects, which in general, involve social and cultural conceptions that families have about motherhood and the set of processes stated when the method of conceiving is not natural. Therefore, the study indicates the imminent need to include in vitro fertilization in the curricula of health courses in order to enable the future professionals to work in this area or to know more about it.