Ourselves unborn : a history of the fetus in modern America / Sara Dubow.

  • Dubow, Sara.
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Physical description

viii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contributors

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UNF.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780195323436
  • 0195323432