Down's Syndrome Screening and Reproductive Politics: Care, Choice, and Disability in the Prenatal Clinic

by Gareth Thomas

Nominated for the Foundation of Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2018

In the UK and beyond, Down's syndrome screening has become a universal programme in prenatal care. But why does screening persist, particularly in light of research that highlights pregnant women's ambivalent and problematic experiences with it?

Drawing on an ethnography of Down's syndrome screening in two UK clinics, Thomas explores how and why we are so...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138959138
• ISBN13: 9781138959132
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"