TY - BOOK AU - Rapp,Rayna TI - Testing women, testing the fetus: the social impact of amniocentesis in America SN - 0203011341 AV - RG628.3.A48 R37 2000eb U1 - 618.3204275 22 PY - 2000/// CY - New York, London PB - Routledge KW - Amniocentesis KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Amniocentèse KW - Aspect social KW - États-Unis KW - MEDICAL KW - Perinatology & Neonatology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) KW - Andre fag KW - Electronic books N1 - Originally published: 1999; Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index; 1. How methodology bleeds into daily life -- 2. Accounting for amniocentesis -- 3. The communication of risk -- 4. Contested conceptions and misconceptions -- 5. Waiting and watching -- 6. The disabled fetal imaginary -- 7. Refusing -- 8. Culturing chromosomes, of what's in the soup -- 9. An error in cell division, or The power of positive diagnosis -- 10. The unexpected baby -- 11. Endings are really beginnings N2 - Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=122631 ER -