GENDERED MEDICAL SCIENCE: PRODUCING A DRUG FOR WOMEN.
The article focuses on the links between transformations in medical science and cultural ideas about women using evidence drawn from medical discourse about the safety of the first synthetic estrogen, DES (diethylstilbestrol) in menopausal women. Topics include the production of DES before it was re...
| Publicado en: | Feminist Studies Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 469 - 501 |
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Feminist Studies, Inc.
Fall95
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the links between transformations in medical science and cultural ideas about women using evidence drawn from medical discourse about the safety of the first synthetic estrogen, DES (diethylstilbestrol) in menopausal women. Topics include the production of DES before it was released for sale and DES still marketed in the U.S. although it is no longer approved for use during pregnancy. |
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