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Tangled diagnoses : prenatal testing, women, and risk / Ilana Lowy.

By: Löwy, Ilana, 1948- [author.].
Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226534091 (paperback).Subject(s): Prenatal diagnosis | Fetus -- Diseases -- DiagnosisGenre/Form: Print books.
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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On Shelf RG628 .L68 2018 (Browse shelf) Available AU00000000013791
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-313) and index.

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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