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The fertility doctor : John Rock and the reproductive revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsh, Margaret S., 1945-
Other Authors: Ronner, Wanda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Rock, John, > 1890-1984.
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > history > United States.
Reproductive Medicine > history > United States.
History, 20th Century > United States.
Contraceptive Agents > history > United States.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
Reproductive health > United States > History.
Infertility > Treatment > United States > History.
Human reproductive technology > United States > History.
Oral contraceptives > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Oral contraceptives > United States > History.
Gynecologists > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Family matters
  • Choosing medicine, coming of age
  • New discoveries in human reproduction
  • Firing the first shot in the reproductive revolution
  • The world of the patients
  • The fertility doctor meets the pill
  • The era of the pill begins
  • The face and voice of the pill
  • The pill falls from grace
  • A true visionary.