As more and more women are having children when they are over thirty, amniocentesis, is becoming ...

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Facing the polar forces of an epidemic of Cesarean sections and epidurals and home-like labor roo...

'This is an exciting book. Its plea that genetic theory be integrated into social thought-rather ...

Scientists are racing to unravel the code of life in our DNA sequences. But once we know the code...

Weaving together the sociological, the historical, and the personal, Barbara Katz Rothman looks a...

Facing the polar forces of an epidemic of Cesarean sections and epidurals and home-like labor roo...

Childbearing is more than pregnancy and labor. It is the having and not having of children. It is...

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of ...

This edited collection provides an in-depth approach to issues of reproductive autonomy and repro...

Deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This volume includes an intro...

A global pandemic opens our eyes to the power the Biomedical Empire has become in our lives.

Die US-amerikanische Soziologin und Gesundheitswissenschaftlerin Barbara Katz Rothman greift imme...

Covering topics such as: foetal rights, in vitro fertilization, prenatal diagnosis, and surrogacy...

There are people dedicated to improving the way we eat, and people dedicated to improving the way...