Looking within : a sociocultural examination of fetoscopy /

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An ethnographic study of fetoscopy that considers both the broader cultural context of this high-risk obstetrical procedure and the patient's individual experience. In Looking Within, Deborah Blizzard examines the high-risk in utero surgery known as fetoscopy, considering it as both cutting-edg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blizzard, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Colección:Basic bioethics.
Temas:
Fetoscopy > Social aspects.
Social medicine.
Prenatal diagnosis.
Culture.
Fetoscopy > psychology
Sociology, Medical
Culture
Fetoscopy > ethics
Prenatal Diagnosis
Fœtoscopie > Aspect social.
Diagnostics prénatals.
Sociologie médicale.
culture note.
culture (concept)
MEDICAL > Perinatology & Neonatology.
Prenatal diagnosis
Social medicine
PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fetoscopy as lived experience : a closer look
  • Why fetoscopy? Why now?: an ethnography of a medical technology and the emotions that fuel it
  • Fetoscopy in cultural context : fetal politics, reproductive choice, religious experiences, and maternal blame
  • How to create a fetoscopy collective : define the risks and find participants
  • Fetoscopy and the single fetus : diagnostic embryofetoscopy, bladder obstruction, amniotic band syndrome, and the technological fix
  • Ligation and twins : making and choosing twins in high-risk pregnancy
  • Loss and success : social networks and constructing an outcome
  • Final thoughts on fetoscopy.

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