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  • Fentiman, Linda C., 1949- author.
     
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  • Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
     
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  • Mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
     
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  • Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
     
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  • Mother and child -- United States.
     
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  • Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
     
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  • Health risk assessment -- United States.
     
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    Blaming mothers : American law and the risks to children's health / Linda C. Fentiman.
    by Fentiman, Linda C., 1949- author.
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    New York : New York University Press, c2017.
    Subjects
  • Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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  • Mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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  • Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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  • Mother and child -- United States.
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  • Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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  • Health risk assessment -- United States.
  • ISBN: 
    9780814724828 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    0814724825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    Series: 
    Families, law, and society series.
    Description: 
    xi, 423 pages ; 24 cm.
    Contents: 
    Part I. Introduction to risk -- Are mothers hazardous to their children's health? -- The social, psychological, and legal construction of risk -- How healthy are America's children? : myths and realities -- Part II. Mothers as vectors of risk -- Conceptions of risk : legal and medical interventions against pregnant women -- Drug use by pregnant women: context and consequences -- Caught in the crossfire : breastfeeding (or not) as dangerous behavior -- The "good mother" and crimes of omission -- Part III. Environmental hazards to children : toxic substances and contagious diseases -- Childhood lead poisoning and other people's children -- The vaccination paradox -- Part IV. A new framework for risk assessment and risk reduction -- Moving beyond blame: real solutions for children's health.
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