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DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century

Susan E. Bell

出版	Temple University Press, 2009
ISBN	15921392059781592139200
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Zju52mehpsUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

From the 1940s to the 1970s, millions of women were exposed prenatally to the synthetic estrogen DES, a "wonder drug" intended to prevent miscarriages. However, DES actually had damaging consequences for the women born from DES mothers. The "DES daughters" as they are known, were found to have a rare form of vaginal cancer or were infertile. They were also at risk for miscarriages, stillbirths, and ectopic pregnancies. In DES Daughters, Susan Bell recounts the experiences of this generation of "victims." In moving, heartfelt narratives, she presents the voices of those women who de.