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Ourselves unborn : a history of the fetus in modern America
Author
Title
Ourselves unborn : a history of the fetus in modern America / Sara Dubow.
ISBN
9780195323436 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 20, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : fetal stories
Discovering fetal life, 1870s-1920s
Interpreting fetal bodies, 1930s-1970s
Defining fetal personhood, 1973-1976
Defending fetal rights, 1970s-1990s
Debating fetal pain, 1984-2007
Epilogue : fetal meanings.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Beginning of Human Life - United States.
History, 19th Century - United States.
History, 20th Century - United States.
History, 21st Century - United States.
Personhood - United States.
Social Environment - United States.
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