School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2013 Sep;27(3):253-60. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.06.007. Epub 2013 Jun 22.
While social science research has begun to demonstrate the significant impact of infertility and involuntary childlessness for men, far fewer studies have specifically explored the male experience of, or men's involvement in, infertility treatment-seeking and there are few published studies which specifically describe men's experiences with cross-border reproduction. This paper presents data from the first UK study of transnational treatment-seeking and specifically explores men's involvement in this process. Data from interviews with 10 men and 34 women who were seeking treatment abroad are organized according to three themes: 'going along with it'; 'being a rock'; and 'doing their bit'. The paper argues that gender is an important aspect of the cross-border treatment experience and that both traditional and emergent gender identities are expressed in the process of treatment-seeking. Healthcare providers need to actively explore men's perspectives of the treatment process in all locations, to improve quality of care by reducing men's feelings of marginalization and enhancing their experience of treatment, especially but not exclusively, around the issue of semen collection.
虽然社会科学研究已经开始证明不孕和非自愿不孕对男性的重大影响，但很少有研究专门探讨男性在寻求不孕治疗方面的体验或男性的参与，也很少有研究专门描述男性在跨境生殖方面的体验。本文介绍了英国首例跨国治疗寻求研究的数据，并专门探讨了男性在这一过程中的参与情况。对 10 名男性和 34 名寻求海外治疗的女性的访谈数据按照三个主题进行了组织：“随大流”；“成为坚强后盾”；和“尽自己的一份力”。本文认为，性别是跨境治疗体验的一个重要方面，传统和新兴的性别认同都在治疗寻求过程中表现出来。医疗保健提供者需要在所有地点积极探讨男性对治疗过程的看法，通过减少男性的边缘化感并增强他们的治疗体验，特别是但不仅限于精液采集问题，来提高护理质量。
