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Unshielded : the human cost of the Dalkon Shield
- Title
- Unshielded : the human cost of the Dalkon Shield / Mary F. Hawkins.
- Author
- Hawkins, Mary F. (Mary Florence), 1953-
- Publication
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1997], ©1997.
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- Description
- xii, 154 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Promoted as the 'Cadillac of contraception,' the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device was used by four million women worldwide between 1970 and 1974. However, physicians and women were not warned of its dangers. Unshielded: The Human Cost of the Dalkon Shield provides a comprehensive overview of the manufacturing and marketing of the IUD, and its trail of destruction.
- It brings to life a story that has been obscured by legal and medical bureaucracy and presents an important lesson about the impact of misinformation on the public.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 0802008763 (bound)
- 0802078613 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 98106169
- OCLC
- 37369791
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries