Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
E-Book/E-Doc
Author Marsh, Margaret S., 1945- author.

Title The fertility doctor : John Rock and the reproductive revolution / Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-363) and index.
Contents Family matters -- Choosing medicine, coming of age -- New discoveries in human reproduction -- Firing the first shot in the reproductive revolution -- The world of the patients -- The fertility doctor meets the pill -- The era of the pill begins -- The face and voice of the pill -- The pill falls from grace -- A true visionary.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Rock, John, 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ronner, Wanda, author.
Other Form: Print version: Marsh, Margaret S. Fertility doctor : John Rock and the reproductive revolution. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 374 pages ; 24 cm 9780801890017 (OCoLC)ocn192042308
ISBN 9780801890017 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801890012 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421402086 (electronic bk.)

 
    
Available items only