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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2026

Eivind Engebretsen  and
Mona Baker
Eivind Engebretsen
Affiliation:
University of Oslo
Mona Baker
Affiliation:
University of Oslo

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Beyond the Bedside
A Narrative Model of Knowledge Translation in Reproductive Health
 , pp. v - vi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Contents

  1. Acknowledgements

  2. 1Introduction

    1. 1.1Beyond the Bedside: Narrative Medicine Meets Knowledge Translation

    2. 1.2Narrative, Evidence, and Power: Why Stories Matter Now

    3. 1.3Methodology and Structure of This Book

  3. 2Narrative Perspectives on Medicine

    1. 2.1Defining Narratives

    2. 2.2Narrative Medicine

    3. 2.3Attention, Representation, Affiliation

    4. 2.4Analysing Narratives: A Fluid Typology and Critical Toolkit

  4. 3Modes of Narration: Evidence-Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation

    1. 3.1Narratives of Knowledge Translation

    2. 3.2Tracing the Narrative: The Rise of Translational Research

    3. 3.3Evidence-Based Medicine and the Genres of Translation

    4. 3.4The Epistemic Politics of Knowledge Translation

    5. 3.5Knowledge Translation and Textual Productivity

    6. 3.6Narrative Evidence-Based Medicine and Translational Medicine

  5. 4Narrative Framing of Puberty Blocker Research in Transgender Youth Healthcare

    1. 4.1The Cass Review: Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People

    2. 4.2Conflicting Narratives of Scientific Evidence: RCTs, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines

    3. 4.3Narrating Transgender Youths: Competence and Gender Identity

    4. 4.4Narratives of Lived Experience: Amplified and Silenced Protagonists

    5. 4.5Narratives of Equality and Justice

  6. 5Narratives of (Ab)normality: IVF and Mosaic Embryos

    1. 5.1Chromosomal Mosaicism in IVF: From FISH to NGS and a New Paradigm of Embryo Selection

    2. 5.2PGDIS: Championing a Precision Toolkit for Embryo Selection

    3. 5.3PGDIS 2019 and 2021: Guidance on Mosaic Embryo Transfer

    4. 5.4ASRM’s Evolving Opinions (2018–2023) on PGT-A and Mosaic Embryos

    5. 5.5Two Narratives of Guidance: Precision versus Prudence

    6. 5.6Proponents’ Narrative: Precision, Progress, and the Promise of Control

    7. 5.7Critics’ Narrative: Caution in Evidence-Based Medicine, Risk Frames, and Ethical Concerns

    8. 5.8Conclusions

  7. 6Contested Evidence and Narrative Authority in the WHO’s 2022 Abortion Care Guideline

    1. 6.1The Guideline: Declared Aims and Principles

    2. 6.2Narrators and Narrative Authority: The Voice of the WHO versus Its Critics

    3. 6.3Protagonists, Antagonists, and the Distribution of Agency

    4. 6.4Patterns of Selective Appropriation: Evidence, Values, and Omissions

    5. 6.5Temporality and Emplotment: Stories of Progress and Decline

    6. 6.6Conclusions: Narrative Power and the Politics of Abortion Care

  8. 7Towards a Narrative Model of Knowledge Translation

    1. 7.1Limitations of Traditional Knowledge Translation Models

    2. 7.2Towards Deep Knowledge Translation

    3. 7.3The Paradox at the Heart of Knowledge Translation

    4. 7.4Knowledge as Narrative and Inter-narrative Web

    5. 7.5Translational Leaps and Political Co-option

    6. 7.6A Narrative Model of Knowledge Translation: From Reorientation to Principles

    7. 7.7Seven Principles of Deep Knowledge Translation

  9. References

  10. Index

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