The Making of the Unborn Patient : A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery /

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It is now possible for physicians to recognize that a pregnant woman's foetus is facing life-threatening problems, perform surgery on the foetus, and if it survives, return it to the woman's uterus to finish gestation. Although foetal surgery has existed in various forms for three decades,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Casper, Monica J., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Medicine.
Sociologische aspecten.
Ethische aspecten.
Chirurgie (geneeskunde)
Foetussen.
Fetus > Surgery > Social aspects.
Fetus > Surgery > Moral and ethical aspects.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Éthique medicale.
Foetus > Chirurgie > Aspect moral.
Foetus > Chirurgie > Aspect social.
Obstetric Surgical Procedures > psychology
Obstetric Surgical Procedures > history
Ethics, Medical
Fetus > surgery
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to fetal matters
  • Breaching the womb, a history of the unborn patient
  • A hybrid practive, traffic between the laboratory and the operating room
  • Working on (and around) the unborn patients negotiating social order in a fetal treatment unit
  • Clinical trials in fetal surgery : making, protecting, and contesting human subjects
  • Heroic moms and materal environments, pregnant women on the final frontier
  • Beyond the operating room
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.

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