medicalizing reproduction in the United States and Great Britain
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lee, Ellie
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4195 - B
- Thesaurus
- abortussen, zwangerschappen, moederschap, geestelijke gezondheid, stress, psychologie, Verenigde Staten, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- Ellie Lee looks at discussions around post-abortion syndrome (PAS) and post-natal depression (PND). PAS and PND are both widely researched phenomena, with claims of their existence. What the syndromes have in common is that they suggest that the reproductive process unbalances women mentally. In this book attention for the abortion problem, the syndrome society, the 'de-moralization' of the antiabortion argument, the post abortion syndrome, pregnancy and mental health in the united States and Britain and motherhood as an ordeal.