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Testing baby : the transformation of newborn screening, parenting, and policy making /
Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents' experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents' consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2011]
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| Colección: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents' experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents' consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to alter such things as family dynamics at the household level, the context of parenting, the way we manage disease identity, and how parents' interests are understood and solicited in policy debates. Rachel Grob's cautionary tale explores the powerful ways that parents' narratives. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813552026 0813552028 1280492392 9781280492396 9786613587626 6613587621 |