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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting : Social and Ethical Issues.

The terms 'teen pregnancy' and 'teenage parenting' are rife with moral accusations and factual ambiguities. Arising from a conference at Ryerson Polytechnical University, these nine original essays delimit and clarify the multifarious facts that affect how Canadian society both r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wong, James, 1955- (Editor ), Checkland, David, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Toronto Press 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / James Wong and David Checkland
  • Teen parenting and Canadians' values / Suzanne Peters
  • What do we know about unmarried mothers? / Susan Clark
  • Day-to-day ethical issues in the care of young parents and their children / Miriam Kaufman
  • 'On my own': a new discourse of dependence and independence from teen mothers / Linda Davies, Margaret McKinnon, and Prue Rains
  • A critical feminist perspective on teen pregnancy and parenthood / Deirdre M. Kelly
  • Teenage pregnancy : social construction? / Ian Hacking
  • How should we live? Some reflections on procreation / Kathryn Pyne Addelson
  • The construction of teen parenting and the decline of adoption / Lea Caragata
  • Changing high-risk policies and programs to reduce high-risk sexual behaviours / Maureen Jessop Orton
  • A round-table discussion of teen parenting as a social and ethical issue
  • On choice, responsibility, and entitlement
  • David Checkland and James Wong.