Stillbirth and the law / Jill Wieber Lens.
2025
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Title
Stillbirth and the law / Jill Wieber Lens.
Imprint
Oakland : University of California Press, [2025]
Description
1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction. Caleb
Missing out on cause-of-death data
Primitive data collection - Standards of care and malpractice
Valuing stillborn babies
Blindsiding parents
Reproductive justice and stillbirth
That first breath
Abortion and stillbirth
Stillbirth as a crime
Conclusion. Genuine (and forced) optimism for the future.
Missing out on cause-of-death data
Primitive data collection - Standards of care and malpractice
Valuing stillborn babies
Blindsiding parents
Reproductive justice and stillbirth
That first breath
Abortion and stillbirth
Stillbirth as a crime
Conclusion. Genuine (and forced) optimism for the future.
Summary
Each year in the United States, about 1 in 170 births is a stillbirth, a rate that has remained stagnant for most of this century even as other high-income countries have dramatically reduced their already lower rates. Jill Wieber Lens, the nation's foremost expert on stillbirth and the law, blends personal experience and legal analysis to bring us an original, essential guide to this all-too-often unrecognized public health crisis. By exposing how the law inh.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
Source of Description
Print version record; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, viewed March 17, 2025).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Lens, Jill Wieber, 1980- Stillbirth and the law. Oakland : University of California Press, 2025
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Language
English
ISBN
0520393597 electronic book
9780520393592 (electronic bk.)
9780520393578 hardcover
9780520393585 paperback
9780520393592 (electronic bk.)
9780520393578 hardcover
9780520393585 paperback
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