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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2011
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Series: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.