Matters of choice
Puerto Rican women's struggle for reproductive freedom
L�opez, Iris Ofelia.
creator
ebrary, Inc
text
bibliography
Electronic books.
nju
New Brunswick, N.J
Rutgers University Press
c2008
2008
monographic
eng
xxv, 184 p. : geneal. tables.
The globalization of sterilization -- The birth control movement in Puerto Rico -- Gender awareness across generations -- Cultural continuities and urban change -- The Velez family: poverty, the cancer scare, and hysterectomies -- The Robles family: social change and gender struggle -- The Gomez family: under the knife again-reversing la operaci�on -- The Morales and Rivera families: tough love and sterile choices -- Reproductive rights and an integral model of reproductive freedom -- Ideologies and inequities in the health care system -- Toward an integral model of reproductive freedom.
Iris Lopez.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Reproductive rights
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Social conditions
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