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The morning after : a history of emergency contraception in the United States / Heather Munro Prescott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prescott, Heather Munro.
- Series:
- Critical issues in health and medicine.
- Critical issues in health and medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency contraceptives--United States--History.
- Emergency contraceptives.
- Birth control--United States.
- Birth control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since 2006, when the "morning-after pill" Plan B was first sold over the counter, sales of emergency contraceptives have soared, becoming an
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A Second Revolution in Birth Control
- Chapter 2. Courageous Volunteers
- Chapter 3. Feminist Health Activism and the Feds
- Chapter 4. Balancing Safety and Choice
- Chapter 5. Building Consensus
- Chapter 6. Mainstreaming Emergency Contraception
- Chapter 7. From Paternalism to Patient Empowerment
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49236-8
- 9786613587596
- 0-8135-5217-6
- OCLC:
- 781378071
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