Contraceptive risk : the FDA, Depo-Provera, and the politics of experimental medicine.

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The story of Depo-Provera joins the national struggle over the drug's FDA approval to the state legal issues raised by its contraceptive and criminal justice uses.Depo-Provera is known as an injectable hormonal birth control method, but few are familiar with its dark and complicated history. De...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, William, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Colección:Biopolitics--the bio-environment.
Temas:
Medroxyprogesterone > United States.
Contraceptive drugs, Injectable > United States > Safety measures.
Women > Health risk assessment > United States.
Médroxyprogestérone > États-Unis.
Médicaments contraceptifs injectables > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
Femmes > Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Medroxyprogesterone
Women > Health risk assessment
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the odyssey of Depo-Provera
  • The Grady Hospital study : the corruption of contraceptive research
  • The twenty-five-year FDA approval controversy : cancer and the politics of acceptable risk
  • Contraceptive chaos : unapproved use and Upjohn v. MacMurdo
  • Marketing approval and litigation : osteoporosis and the realities of medical risk
  • Chemical castration : the John Hopkins Clinic and People v. Gauntlett
  • Conclusion : contraceptive drug risk failure, human dignity, and a duty to act.

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