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

by Nicole J. Grant

Book Overview

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"