Testing Baby : The Transformation of Newborn Screening, Parenting, and Policymaking /

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Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents' experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents' consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grob, Rachel, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Eltern
Gesundheitspolitik
Reihenuntersuchung
Neugeborenenkrankheit
Newborn infants > Diseases > Diagnosis.
Medical screening.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
broader terms.
Politique sanitaire.
Parents.
Nouveau-nes.
Depistage neonatal.
Depistage (Medecine)
Nouveau-nes > Maladies > Diagnostic.
Health Policy
Parents
Infant, Newborn
Neonatal Screening
Medical policy.
Newborn infants.
Newborn screening.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents' experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents' consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to alter such things as family dynamics at the household level, the context of parenting, the way we manage disease identity, and how parents' interests are understood and solicited in policy debates. Rachel Grob's cautionary tale explores the powerful ways that parents' narratives.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 pages).
ISBN:9780813552026

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