Presents cross-referenced, alphabetically arranged entries on topics related to birth control, including advocates and inventors, legal issues and cases, methods, countries, medical issues, organizations, religion, the reproductive system, research, and special populations.
Meticulously researched and illustrated with helpful charts and diagrams, THE BIRTH CONTROL BOOK can help you make a truly informed decision. Here is guidance on which alternatives are the safest.
Religion and Cultural Taboos Jamaica has a diverse religious legacy, with Christianity currently the dominant religion. In the Pentecostal Church, ... “Jamaica,” In Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Robert Groelsema, ed.
Building upon the path - breaking work of moral philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson and legal scholar Donald Regan , this thesis claims that a woman who does not consent to pregnancy is seriously harmed by it , even when a pregnancy is ...
Other considerations that arise in the essays include comparisons among cultures, the changing perceptions of the body, and issues of race, gender, religion, community and belonging, ethnicity, power structures, human rights.
This skilfully edited volume, informed by current health issues and health-care realities, offers readers practical information, historical aspects, and future directions, all meticulously researched and conveniently presented.
Rather than being an august treatise on the works of Aristotle and Socrates, this slim volume produced by a renegade Massachusetts physician in the early 1830s compiled the most up-to-date information then known about sex, conception, and ...
The Planned Parenthood® Women's Health Encyclopedia is the authoritative reference from America's most trusted name in women's health. This groundbreaking resource offers crucial health information from Planned Parenthood, the largest...
Originally published in 1916 by the Eugenics Publishing Company of New York, this volume addresses the ethical, moral, and philosophical concepts of Eugenics and birth control, advocating "fewer and better babies."
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: .
Offers more than four hundred alphabetically arranged entries covering such topics as cervical cancer, hormone replacement therapy, vulvar cancer, and birth control pills.