The fertility doctor
Subtitle: John Rock and the reproductive revolution
By: Margaret Marsh, Wanda Ronner.
Contributors: Ronner, Wanda.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801890017
Subjects: Rock, John Charles, -- 1890-1984.; Rock, John Charles, -- 1890-1984.; Gynecologists -- United States -- Biography.; Oral contraceptives -- United States -- History.; Oral contraceptives -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Human reproductive technology -- United States -- History.; Infertility -- Treatment -- United States -- History.; Reproductive health -- United States -- History.; Physicians -- United States -- Biography.; Contraceptive Agents -- history -- United States.; History, 20th Century -- United States.; Reproductive Medicine -- history -- United States.; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- history -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Family matters; value: Choosing medicine, coming of age; value: New discoveries in human reproduction; value: Firing the first shot in the reproductive revolution; value: The world of the patients; value: The fertility doctor meets the pill; value: The era of the pill begins; value: "As handsome as a god"; value: "Let's be honest about the pill"; value: A true visionary.