Iranian Model of Decision Making to Use Surrogacy: A Grounded Theory Study Publisher Pubmed



Golboni F^{1, 6} ; Jalali A² ; Dinmohammadi M³ ; Taghizadeh Z⁴ ; Nouri P¹ ; Salahsoor MR⁵
Source: Health Care for Women International Published:2020

Abstract

Identifying the process of making the decision to use a surrogate mother can create a broad knowledge of this concept. In this grounded theory study, participants were selected through snowball sampling method and obtaining an informed consent, in-depth interviews were conducted face to face and recorded. Then, all the interviews, field notes, and memos were analyzed using Strauss-Corbin 1998 method. Analysis of the statements of the participants boiled down to 487 initial codes, 311 codes, 14 subcategories, and six categories. In the conceptual model of this process, “the hope to have a child” was an influential concept that interacted with other concepts. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.