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The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery
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Winner of the 1998 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems
It is now possible for physicians to recognize that a pregnant woman's fetus is facing lifethreatening problems, perform surgery on the fetus, and if it survives, return it to the woman's uterus to finish gestation. Although fetal surgery has existed in various forms for three decades, it is only just beginning to capture the public's imagination. These still largely experimental procedures raise all...
It is now possible for physicians to recognize that a pregnant woman's fetus is facing lifethreatening problems, perform surgery on the fetus, and if it survives, return it to the woman's uterus to finish gestation. Although fetal surgery has existed in various forms for three decades, it is only just beginning to capture the public's imagination. These still largely experimental procedures raise all...