Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder

Name: Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder
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ISBN: 9780801891083

ISBN-10: 0801891086

ISBN-13: 9780801891083

Edition: 2003

Authors: Elizabeth M. Armstrong

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In American society, the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is considered dangerous, irresponsible, and in some cases illegal. Pregnant women who have even a single drink routinely face openly voiced reproach. Yet fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in infants and children is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and the relationship between alcohol and adverse birth outcomes is riddled with puzzles and paradoxes. Sociologist Elizabeth M. Armstrong uses fetal alcohol syndrome and the problem of drinking during pregnancy to examine the assumed relationship between somatic and social disorder, the ways in which social problems are individualized, and the intertwining of health and morality that…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Elizabeth M. Armstrong is an assistant professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University.