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SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
卷 292, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114625
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Medical devices; Breast pumps; Breastfeeding; Food and drug administration; Adverse events; Medicalization; Biomedicalization
Breast pump marketing promises mothers the convenience of breastfeeding their babies on their own schedules, but little attention has been paid to the problems associated with these devices. Research finds that women may experience issues such as electrical problems, suction problems, fluid leaks, injuries, and infections when using breast pumps, which can result in personal costs.
Breast pump marketing promises mothers that they will be able to follow cultural and scientific mandates to breastfeed their babies, but on their own schedules, including working outside of the home. Relatively little attention has been paid to the problems that women may experience with breast pumps. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates breast pumps as medical devices, and the agency collects data on adverse events experienced by consumers and recalls. Existing literature on breast pumps was reviewed in the contexts of medicalization and biomedicalization, and regulatory data were analyzed using mixed methods to examine the problems that women have experienced with breast pumps, which include electrical problems, suction problems, fluid leaks, injuries, and infections. While electric breast pumps promise women convenience and efficiency in pumping, women may incur personal costs, in the form of pain, injuries, and infections. These findings have implications regarding the risks of using these devices, the design of future pumps, and the future research into medical devices for reproductive and women's health.
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