Gareth M Thomas

Down's Syndrome Screening and Reproductive Politics

Care, Choice, and Disability in the Prenatal Clinic

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on an ethnography of prenatal screening for Down's syndrome in two UK clinics, Thomas explores how and why we are so invested in this practice and what effects this has on those involved. Informed by theoretical approaches that privilege the mundane and micro practices, discourses, materials, and rituals of everyday life, this book describes the banal world of the clinic and, in particular, the professionals contained within it who are responsible for delivering this programme. In so doing, it illustrates how Down's syndrome screening is 'downgraded' and subsequently stabilised as a 'routine' part of a pregnancy. Further, the book captures how this routinisation is deepened by a systematic, but subtle, framing of Down's syndrome as a negative pregnancy outcome. Here, Thomas identifies how Down's syndrome screening is embroiled in both new and familiar debates surrounding pregnancy, ethics, choice, diagnosis, care, disability, and parenthood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138959132
• ISBN-10: 1138959138
• Artikelnr.: 43030620

Autorenporträt

Gareth M. Thomas is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. He is a sociologist who is interested in - among other things - medicine, disability, stigma, reproduction, health and well-being, technology, place, and interaction.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Short Socio-History
Chapter 3. Hands-Off Work
Chapter 4. The Conduct of Care
Chapter 5. Constituting Risk and Disability
Chapter 6. Expectant Parents, Expecting Perfection
Chapter 7. Summary and Discussion