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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807676203321

Autore

Marsh Margaret S. <1945->

Titolo

The fertility doctor : John Rock and the reproductive revolution / / Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-4214-0208-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

618.10092

Soggetti

Gynecologists - United States

Oral contraceptives - United States - History

Oral contraceptives - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Human reproductive technology - United States - History

Infertility - Treatment - United States - History

Reproductive health - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-363) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Family matters -- Choosing medicine, coming of age -- New discoveries in human reproduction -- Firing the first shot in the reproductive revolution -- The world of the patients -- The fertility doctor meets the pill -- The era of the pill begins -- The face and voice of the pill -- The pill falls from grace -- A true visionary.