Waubonsee Community College

Message in a bottle, the making of fetal alcohol syndrome, Janet Golden

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Message in a bottle

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Janet Golden

the making of fetal alcohol syndrome

This book raises key questions about public policy, the politicization of medical diagnosis, and the persistent failure to address the treatment needs of pregnant alcoholic women. The author traces the history of FAS from a medical problem to moral judgment that stigmatizes certain mothers but falls to extend to them the services that might actually reduce the incidence of this diagnosis

"We realized we were onto something" : naming FAS -- "Conceived in gin" : historical sightings of alcohol and pregnancy -- "A clinically observable abnormality" : framing FAS -- "Not quite like other children" : FAS, science, and medicine -- "According to the Surgeon General" : warning women against drinking -- "Tempest in a cocktail glass" : pregnancy policing and the media -- The Thorp case : Jim Beam on trial -- "An argument that goes back to the womb" : adoptions, courtrooms, and FAS today