Blaming mothers : American law and the risks to children's health / Linda C. Fentiman.
2017
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Title
Blaming mothers : American law and the risks to children's health / Linda C. Fentiman.
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
KF9323 .F46 2017
ISBN
9780814724828 (cl ; alk. paper)
0814724825 (cl ; alk. paper)
0814724825 (cl ; alk. paper)
Description
xi, 423 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)958308086
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
pt. I
INTRODUCTION TO RISK AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH
1.
Are Mothers Hazardous to Their Children's Health?
3
2.
Social, Psychological, and Legal Construction of Risk
24
3.
How Healthy Are Americas Children? Myths and Realities
56
pt. II
MOTHERS AS VECTORS OF RISK
4.
Conceptions of Risk: Legal and Medical Interventions against Pregnant Women
71
5.
Drug Use by Pregnant Women: Context and Consequences
109
6.
Caught in the Crossfire: Breastfeeding (or Not) as Dangerous Behavior
155
7.
"Good Mother" and Crimes of Omission
178
pt. III
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS TO CHILDREN: TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
8.
Childhood Lead Poisoning and Other Peoples Children
207
9.
Vaccination Paradox
243
pt. IV
NEW FRAMEWORK FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK REDUCTION
10.
Moving beyond Blame: Real Solutions for Children's Health
279
Appendix: Criminal Prosecutions of Parents Based on a Failure to Act
297
Notes
301
Index
403
About the Author
423