Description: Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility: by Elizabeth M. Armstrong Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Traces the evolution of medical knowledge about the effects of alcohol on fetal development from nineteenth-century debates about drinking and heredity to the modern diagnosis of FAS and its kindred syndromes. Publisher Description In American society, the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is considered dangerous, irresponsible, and in some cases illegal. Pregnant women who have even a single drink routinely face openly voiced reproach. Yet fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in infants and children is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and the relationship between alcohol and adverse birth outcomes is riddled with puzzles and paradoxes. Sociologist Elizabeth M. Armstrong uses fetal alcohol syndrome and the problem of drinking during pregnancy to examine the assumed relationship between somatic and social disorder, the ways in which social problems are individualized, and the intertwining of health and morality that characterizes American society. She traces the evolution of medical knowledge about the effects of alcohol on fetal development, from nineteenth-century debates about drinking and heredity to the modern diagnosis of FAS and its kindred syndromes.She argues that issues of race, class, and gender have influenced medical findings about alcohol and reproduction and that these findings have always reflected broader social and moral preoccupations and, in particular, concerns about womens roles and place in society, as well as the fitness of future generations. Medical beliefs about drinking during pregnancy have often ignored the poverty, chaos, and insufficiency of some womens lives-factors that may be more responsible than alcohol for adverse outcomes in babies and children. Using primary sources and interviews to explore relationships between doctors and patients and women and their unborn children, Armstrong offers a provocative and detailed analysis of how drinking during pregnancy came to be considered a pervasive social problem, despite the uncertainties surrounding the epidemiology and etiology of fetal alcohol syndrome. Author Biography Elizabeth M. Armstrong is an assistant professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. Details ISBN 0801891086 ISBN-13 9780801891083 Title Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility: Author Elizabeth M. Armstrong Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 296 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press GE_Item_ID:157891237; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
Price: 41.57 USD
Location: Fairfield, Ohio
End Time: 2025-01-20T04:51:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
ISBN-13: 9780801891083
Book Title: Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility:
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility : Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Public Health, General, Gynecology & Obstetrics, History
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Elizabeth M. Armstrong
Subject Area: Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
