ISBN:
9783031171611
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (377 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.8743
Keywords:
Fetus-Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction: The Wavering Fortunes of the Fetus -- The Wavering Fortunes of the Fetus -- Part I: The Ascent of the Fetus -- 2: The 1960s and the 1970s -- The Seeds of Change Are Sown -- The Sexual Revolution -- Unveiling Pregnancy in the 1960s and the 1970s -- Medical-Pharmaceutical Disasters -- The Nestlé-Powder Milk Scandal and the Birth of La Leche League -- Gestating Dangerously -- Private and Hospital Referrals -- The Psycho-prophylactic Method -- Childbirth in the 1960s and the 1970s -- Iconic Pictures -- A Serene Pregnancy and a Sweet Birth -- Bibliography -- 3: The 1980s -- The Advent of Ultrasound -- Amniocentesis and CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling) -- The Fear of Radiation -- The Horrifying Fetus -- The Birth of the New Fathers -- Thomas Verny and International Fetal Societies -- The Silent Scream: A Loud Deceit -- The Birth of Fertility Treatments -- Pregnancy in the 1980s -- The Delivery During the 1980s -- Starting Research -- Breaking Bad and Sad News -- Bibliography -- 4: The 1990s -- Fetal Images -- Bonding with Fetuses -- Fetal Primers and Magazines -- The Consumer Fetus -- 'Reborn' Fetuses and Dolls -- Motherhood on the Covers of Glossy Magazines -- Delivery in the 1990s -- The Rise of the Doula -- Fading Excitement at Birth -- From Star to Fallen Star -- Bibliography -- 5: The First Decade of the New Millennium -- The Revolution of Assisted Reproduction Technologies -- Frozen for Eternity -- The Twins Epidemic -- Wondrous and Miraculous Fetuses -- The Transparent Uterus -- Keepsake Ultrasound -- Belly Casts -- Ann Geddes's Misleading Talent -- Pregnancies of the Stars -- Sexy in the Consulting Room -- Losing a Child -- The Vanishing Twin and the Demise of Fetal Twins -- Bibliography -- 6: 2010-2019 -- The Viral Fetus -- The Royal Fetus.
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