Imperfect Pregnancies - A History of Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis

How has prenatal testing, once offered only for high-risk pregnancies, become standard medical care for pregnant women today?

About the author

Ilana Löwy is emerita senior research fellow at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. She is the author of Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery and A Woman's Disease: The History of Cervical Cancer.

Summary

This book will interest students, scholars, health professionals, administrators, and activists interested in issues surrounding new medical technologies, screening, risk management, pregnancy, disability, and the history and social politics of women's bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Ilana L÷wy, Ilana Leowy, Ilana (Cermes3: Center for Research in Medi Loewy, Ilana (CERMES3: Center for research in medicine Loewy, Ilana Lowy, Ilana (Cermes3: Center for Research in Medic Lowy, Ilana (CERMES3: Center for research in medicine Lowy, Ilana Löwy
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781421423630
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2363-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Geschichte der Medizin, Ratgeber: Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Babypflege, Klinische und Innere Medizin