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The Empty Cradle

Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present
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An exploration into the origins of the many misconceptions surrounding infertility and examination of how medical and cultural beliefs emerged throughout the history of infertility. Drawing on a variety of sources - including intimate diaries and letters, patient records, memoirs, medical literature and popular magazines - the authors investigate the social, cultural, scientific and medical dimensions of infertility over the past 300 years. The authors discuss reactions - among both physicians and husbands - to the emerging scientific evidence that infertility was a condition for which men and women bear equal responsibility. The book concludes that infertility is still a subject affected by myth and misunderstanding. The work seeks to present a useful perspective to current debates about how we should think about and address the experience of infertility in our own time.

Author Biography:

Margaret Marsh, Ph.D., the author of Suburban Lives and Anarchist Women, 1870-1920, is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and and professor of history at Rutgers University, Camden.Wanda Ronner, M.D., is an obstetrician-gynecologist at the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Release date NZ
July 12th, 1999
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
38 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
344
Dimensions
152x229x19
ISBN-13
9780801861765
Product ID
1856463

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