Research Catalog

Title

The human drama of abortion : a global search for consensus / Aníbal Faúndes, José Barzelatto.

Author

Faúndes, Aníbal, 1931-

Publication

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Barzelatto, J. (José)

Description

xxii, 200 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Abortion > Cross-cultural studies
• Unwanted pregnancy > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and index.

Contents

Listening to women: why they have abortions -- The meaning of words -- The magnitude of induced abortion -- Consequences of unsafe abortion -- Why women get pregnant when they do not want to -- Why is a pregnancy so unwanted that it ends in abortion? -- Conflicting values encountered by health professionals -- Religious values -- Ethical values -- Values as reflected in law -- How to decrease the number of abortions -- How to reduce the human, social, and economic costs of abortion -- The paradox: rejecting abortion and opposing the prevention of unwanted pregnancies -- How to reach a consensus on abortion.

Call Number

JFE 06-10414

ISBN

• 0826515258 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0826515266 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005028168
• 9780826515254

OCLC

61745550

Author

Faúndes, Aníbal, 1931-

Title

The human drama of abortion : a global search for consensus / Aníbal Faúndes, José Barzelatto.

Imprint

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2006.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and index.

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Added Author

Barzelatto, J. (José)

Other Standard Identifier

9780826515254

Research Call Number

JFE 06-10414