Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index.
1. How methodology bleeds into daily life -- 2. Accounting for amniocentesis -- 3. The communication of risk -- 4. Contested conceptions and misconceptions -- 5. Waiting and watching -- 6. The disabled fetal imaginary -- 7. Refusing -- 8. Culturing chromosomes, of what's in the soup -- 9. An error in cell division, or The power of positive diagnosis -- 10. The unexpected baby -- 11. Endings are really beginnings.
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Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing.