Tangled diagnoses : prenatal testing, women, and risk / Ilana Löwy.
- Löwy, Ilana, 1948-
- Date:
- 2018
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Physical description
319 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-313) and index.
Contents
Introduction : "to see what is about to be born" -- The liminal fetus -- Genetics, morphology, and difficult diagnoses -- Diagnostic puzzles : fetopathology in France -- Visible disasters : fetopathology in Brazil -- Balancing risks : PND and the "prevention of disability" -- PND, reproductive choices, and care -- Conclusion : a nonscrutinized diagnosis -- Coda : Minerva's Owl and Apollo's Lyre.
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Location Status History of MedicineUND /LOWOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780226534121
- 022653412X
- 9780226534091
- 022653409X