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Prosthetic Bodies
Irma Van Der Ploeg
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Description for Prosthetic Bodies
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
Among the vast literature on contemporary reproductive technologies, Prosthetic Bodies stands out in its effective combination of insights, methods, and theories from the history of medicine, constructivist science and technology studies, and feminist theory. The double focus on IVF and related techniques, and fetal treatment and surgery, enables the identification of debatable tendencies within today's reproductive medicine: the translation of ever more medical problems basically unrelated to women's own reproductive health - and, in the case of fetal diagnosis and treatment, sometimes formerly even unrelated to reproduction as such - ... Read more
Among the vast literature on contemporary reproductive technologies, Prosthetic Bodies stands out in its effective combination of insights, methods, and theories from the history of medicine, constructivist science and technology studies, and feminist theory. The double focus on IVF and related techniques, and fetal treatment and surgery, enables the identification of debatable tendencies within today's reproductive medicine: the translation of ever more medical problems basically unrelated to women's own reproductive health - and, in the case of fetal diagnosis and treatment, sometimes formerly even unrelated to reproduction as such - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048158669
SKU
V9789048158669
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Ref
99-15
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