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Testing women, testing the fetus : the social impact of amniocentesis in America / Rayna Rapp

Author
Rapp, Rayna
Published
New York ; London : Routledge, 2000.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume)
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Contents
1. How methodology bleeds into daily life -- 2. Accounting for amniocentesis -- 3. The communication of risk -- 4. Contested conceptions and misconceptions -- 5. Waiting and watching -- 6. The disabled fetal imaginary -- 7. Refusing -- 8. Culturing chromosomes, of what's in the soup -- 9. An error in cell division, or The power of positive diagnosis -- 10. The unexpected baby -- 11. Endings are really beginnings.
Summary
Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing.
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ISBN
0203011341 (electronic bk.)
9780203011348 (electronic bk.)
9780415916448 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415916445 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415916455 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415916453 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Note
Originally published: 1999.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index.
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