| Descript |
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
| Series |
Critical issues in health and medicine |
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Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A second revolution in birth control -- Courageous volunteers -- Feminist health activism and the feds -- Balancing safety and choice -- Building consensus -- Mainstreaming emergency contraception -- From paternalism to patient empowerment -- Conclusion: coming full circle? |
| Summary |
This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from "the nation's best kept secret" to a dedicated product found on most pharmacy shelves.1 In these histories, there are clearly delineated opposing positions: on one side are those who support the technology as an uncomplicated scientific solution to the problem of unwanted pregnancy; on the other are religious conservatives who seek to ban the technology because they erroneously equate it with abortion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide |
| Subject |
Emergency contraceptives -- United States -- History.
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Birth control -- United States.
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Contraception, Postcoital -- history
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Contraceptives, Postcoital -- history
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United States
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Women's Health. |
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MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology. |
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MEDICAL -- History. |
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Birth control. (OCoLC)fst00833148 |
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Emergency contraceptives. (OCoLC)fst01721155 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
| ISBN |
0813552176 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813552170 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813551623 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0813551625 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780813551630 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0813551633 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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