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

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 308 pages) 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 Summary Traces how Americans from widely different backgrounds have fought over the legal identity, physiological condition, social value, cultural significance, and political status of the human fetus.--from publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-296) and index Notes Print version record Subject Fetus -- History -- 20th century Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States Obstetrics -- United States -- History -- 20th century Perinatology -- United States -- History -- 20th century Fetus. Social ecology. Fetus Beginning of Human Life Civil Rights -- history History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Personhood Public Policy Social Environment human ecology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues. MEDICAL -- Public Health. MEDICAL -- Health Policy. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. Social ecology Fetus Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. Obstetrics Perinatology SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010014000 ISBN 9780199717293 019971729X 0195323432 9780195323436

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