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Rest uneasy : sudden infant death syndrome in twentieth century America / Brittany Cowgill.

By: Cowgill, Brittany, 1986- [author.].
Series: Critical issues in health and medicine: Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, ©2018Description: 236 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780813588193 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sudden infant death syndrome | Sudden Infant Death -- etiology | Sudden Infant Death -- prevention & control | Infant Mortality -- history | Risk Reduction Behavior | History, 20th Century | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
"Deaths of infants in bed" : the historical origins of SIDS -- Cause of death : SIDS -- The theory of the month club : conducting research on SIDS -- Risky babies -- Mobilization : SIDS activism -- Cause for alarm -- Sleep like a baby -- Conclusion : "the disease of theories" : discovering SIDS.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-225) and index.

"Deaths of infants in bed" : the historical origins of SIDS -- Cause of death : SIDS -- The theory of the month club : conducting research on SIDS -- Risky babies -- Mobilization : SIDS activism -- Cause for alarm -- Sleep like a baby -- Conclusion : "the disease of theories" : discovering SIDS.

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