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Tentative Pregnancy, The: Prenatal Diagnosis and the Future of Motherhood (Issues in women's health) - Hardcover
"Pandora Issues in Women's Health" is a series of investigative books written by women about all aspects of our bodies and health. Each book takes into account women's lives in different countries and cultures and challenges conventional assumptions about health issues which affect us all. In this book, the author draws on the experience of over 120 women to explore the feelings resulting from an amniocentesis test. This test, which detects Down's Syndrome, is becoming a routine part of prenatal care for women over 30 and can radically alter the way we think about childbirth and becoming a parent. The results of amniocentesis, and the more recently developed chorion villus sampling, force us to confront agonizing dilemmas of what to do if there is a problem with the foetus. The author considers ways of coming to terms with the termination of a wanted pregnancy and at the kind of support which can be expected if the parents make the decision to raise a handicapped child. Barbara Katz Rothman is author of "Giving Birth".
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- PublisherPandora P
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0863582559
- ISBN 13 9780863582554
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages280
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