Blaming mothers : American law and the risks to children's health /

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In the past several decades, medicine, the media, and popular culture have focused on mothers as the primary source of health risk for their children, even though American children are healthier than ever. The American legal system both reflects and reinforces this conception of risk. This work expl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fentiman, Linda C., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Colección:Families, law, and society series.
Temas:
Child abuse > Law and legislation > United States.
Mother and child > United States.
Mothers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Pregnant women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Children > Health and hygiene > United States.
Health risk assessment > United States.
Children.
Pregnant women.
Child Abuse > legislation & jurisprudence
Mother-Child Relations > legislation & jurisprudence
Child Health
Child
Pregnant Women
Mère et enfant > États-Unis.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > États-Unis.
Enfants.
Femmes enceintes.
children (people by age group)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child abuse > Law and legislation.
Children > Health and hygiene.
Health risk assessment.
Mother and child.
Mothers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Pregnant women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Health and Wellbeing.
United States
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to risk
  • Are mothers hazardous to their children's health?
  • The social, psychological, and legal construction of risk
  • How healthy are America's children? : myths and realities
  • Mothers as vectors of risk
  • Conceptions of risk : legal and medical interventions against pregnant women
  • Drug use by pregnant women: context and consequences
  • Caught in the crossfire : breastfeeding (or not) as dangerous behavior
  • The "good mother" and crimes of omission
  • Environmental hazards to children : toxic substances and contagious
  • Diseases
  • Childhood lead poisoning and other people's children
  • The vaccination paradox
  • A new framework for risk assessment and risk reduction
  • Moving beyond blame: real solutions for children's health.

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