The Selling of Contraception: The Dalkon Shield Case, Sexuality, and Women's Autonomy

(Part of the Women, Gender, and Health Series)

by Nicole J. Grant

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In this brutal indictment of the birth control industry, Nicole J. Grant documents the history of the Dalkon Shield case and places the controversy within a larger historical and social context, examining the ways in which social conditions affect women's choices about contraception. Drawing upon an analysis of thirty years' worth of articles in medical journals and popular magazines, family planning literature, medical texts, government documents,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0814205720

ISBN13:9780814205723

Release Date:January 1992

Publisher:Ohio State University Press

Length:223 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Social Science Social Sciences

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