Public Credibility, Situated Knowledge: Epistemic Dispute Over the Essure Device in the Brazilian Federal District
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Essure, Credibility, Epistemic injustice, Situated knowledgesAbstract
Between 2012 and 2016, approximately 2,500 women had the Essure contraceptive device implanted at the public service of the Federal District of Brazil. Although they initially trusted the evaluation of the District’s Health Department professionals, patients were subjected to repeated situations of epistemic injustice when complaining about adverse effects attributed to the device. In this paper, I analyze two public events and argue that, in response to the gap of trust in the Department, the victims of Essure began to claim a space of credibility in the debate about this technology, questioning the technical-scientific authority of the institution and tensioning the established epistemic relations.
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