Testing women, testing the fetus : the social impact of amniocentesis in America /

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Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapp, Rayna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Routledge, 2000.
Colección:Anthropology of everyday life.
Temas:
Amniocentesis > Social aspects > United States.
Amniocentèse > Aspect social > États-Unis.
MEDICAL > Perinatology & Neonatology.
Amniocentesis > Social aspects
United States
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) > Andre fag.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. How methodology bleeds into daily life
  • 2. Accounting for amniocentesis
  • 3. The communication of risk
  • 4. Contested conceptions and misconceptions
  • 5. Waiting and watching
  • 6. The disabled fetal imaginary
  • 7. Refusing
  • 8. Culturing chromosomes, of what's in the soup
  • 9. An error in cell division, or The power of positive diagnosis
  • 10. The unexpected baby
  • 11. Endings are really beginnings.

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