Title: Message in a Bottle
First published: January 30, 2005
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.
Subjects: Alcoholism in pregnancy, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Complications, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Pregnancy, complications, History, Alcohol Drinking, Adverse effects, Pregnancy, Ethanol