Social acceptance of antenatal screening for Down's syndrome in Britain : a case study on the public legitimization of technology

The aim of this thesis is to discuss the issue of public legitimization of new medical technology, through a case of antenatal screening for Down's syndrome in Britain. It is based on ethnographic study of agents involved with the technology; inventors of the technology, medical practitioners,...

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Main Author: Watanabe, Maiko
Published: University of Warwick 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684917