Message in a Bottle
Subtitle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: January 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780674014855
Subjects: Materno-fetal medicine; Medical / Nursing; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Medical; Perinatology & Neonatology; Health Policy; Medical / Health Policy; Diseases; Alcoholism in pregnancy; Complications
Description: This book raises key questions about public policy, the politicization of medical diagnosis, and the persistent failure to address the treatment needs of pregnant alcoholic women. The author traces the history of FAS from a medical problem to moral judgment that stigmatizes certain mothers but falls to extend to them the services that might actually reduce the incidence of this diagnosis.