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Prenatal testing : a sociological perspective

Author: Aliza Kolker; B Meredith Burke
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1994.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Aliza Kolker; B Meredith Burke
ISBN: 0897893379 9780897893374
OCLC Number: 29465972
Description: xxii, 221 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Prenatal testing and the social construction of pregnancy -- The procedures -- The evolution of an ethos : counselors and nondirectiveness -- The genetic counseling session -- Reactions to amniocentesis : the early years -- Who uses prenatal diagnosis : innovation -- Assessing the risks -- Attitudes about abortion -- Abnormal diagnosis and termination -- Fetal sex identification -- Knowledge for what? Prenatal testing and competing social goals.
Responsibility: Aliza Kolker & B. Meredith Burke ; foreword by Arthur L. Caplan.

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