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The Morning After : A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States /

This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from "the nation's best kept secret" to a dedicated product f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prescott, Heather Munro
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a A second revolution in birth control -- Courageous volunteers -- Feminist health activism and the feds -- Balancing safety and choice -- Building consensus -- Mainstreaming emergency contraception -- From paternalism to patient empowerment -- Conclusion. 
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