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Re-thinking abortion : psychology, gender, power, and the law / Mary Boyle.

By: Boyle, Mary.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Women and psychology.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997Description: vi, 164 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 041516365X .Subject(s): Abortion -- Psychological aspects | Abortion -- Government policy | Women -- Psychology | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc | Men -- Psychology | Social psychology | Social policyDDC classification: 363.46
Contents:
Introduction: psychology and abortion -- Abortion legislation -- The abortion debates: 1 Motherhood, morality and the sanctity of life -- The abortion debates: 2 The medical profession and abortion -- Contraception and abortion -- The experience of abortion -- Psychology, abortion and social policy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other than a health issue. Mary Boyle breaks this mould by considering the constructions of abortion in Western society. Drawing on ideas from sociology, politics, anthropology and law as well as psychology, she shows how abortion is linked to sexual behaviour and motherhood in the complex web of gender and power relations.
This book will be of interest to all those engaged with feminist thinking, whether as student, academic, or professional in practice.

Bibliography: (pages 143-154) and indexes.

Introduction: psychology and abortion -- Abortion legislation -- The abortion debates: 1 Motherhood, morality and the sanctity of life -- The abortion debates: 2 The medical profession and abortion -- Contraception and abortion -- The experience of abortion -- Psychology, abortion and social policy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Psychology and Abortion
  • Abortion Legislation
  • The Abortion Debates: Mothrhood, Morality and the Sanctity of Life
  • The Abortion Debates: The Medical Profession and Abortion
  • Contraception and Abortion
  • The Experience of Abortion
  • Psychology, Abortion and Social Policy

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mary Boyle is Head of the Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and published widely on social influences on psychological and psychiatric theory.

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