GUYnecology : The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health /

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For more than a century, the medical profession has made enormous efforts to understand and treat women's reproductive bodies. But only recently have researchers begun to ask basic questions about how men's health matters for reproductive outcomes, from miscarriage to childhood illness. Wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Almeling, Rene (Autor)
Otros Autores: Healey, Jenna (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Male reproductive health services > United States > History.
Male reproductive health > Research > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
age.
biological clock.
biomedicine.
body.
childhood illness.
children.
clinical care.
gender studies.
healthy sperm.
history.
male.
medical research.
miscarriage.
new fathers.
outcomes.
paternal.
politics.
public health policy.
reproductive.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Medical Specialization and the Making of Biomedical Knowledge
  • 1. Whither GUYnecology?
  • 2 Andrology Again
  • Part II. Circulating Knowledge about Men's Reproductive Health
  • 3. Making Knowledge about Paternal Effects
  • 4. Reproductive Health for Half the Public
  • Part III. Men's Views of Reproduction
  • 5 Sex, Sperm, and Fatherhood
  • 6 Healthy Sperm?
  • Conclusion: The Politics of Men's Reproductive Health
  • Appendix A: Methods
  • Appendix B: Interviewees
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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