Looking within : a sociocultural examination of fetoscopy /
An ethnographic study of fetoscopy that considers both the broader cultural context of this high-risk obstetrical procedure and the patient's individual experience. In Looking Within, Deborah Blizzard examines the high-risk in utero surgery known as fetoscopy, considering it as both cutting-edg...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2007.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780262268745 0262268744 9781429492409 1429492406 1282098942 9781282098947 9786612098949 6612098945 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Fetoscopy as lived experience : a closer look
- Why fetoscopy? Why now?: an ethnography of a medical technology and the emotions that fuel it
- Fetoscopy in cultural context : fetal politics, reproductive choice, religious experiences, and maternal blame
- How to create a fetoscopy collective : define the risks and find participants
- Fetoscopy and the single fetus : diagnostic embryofetoscopy, bladder obstruction, amniotic band syndrome, and the technological fix
- Ligation and twins : making and choosing twins in high-risk pregnancy
- Loss and success : social networks and constructing an outcome
- Final thoughts on fetoscopy.