just_tagline_img.png 

Document details

Details for Normalizing the exceptional: incorporating the “abortion pill” into mainstream medicine
PropertyValue
NameNormalizing the exceptional: incorporating the “abortion pill” into mainstream medicine
Description

This article by Joffe and Weitz, published in Social Science& Medicine, describes the difficult approval process for Mifepristone and the external challenges to its diffusion into medical practice that have been created , touching upon the role of the pharmaceutical company,  and the conflict between the FDA-approved and an evidence-based regime among other issues.

 

Link to full text or source

Citation Joffe C, Weitz T. Normalizing the exceptional: incorporating the “abortion pill” into mainstream medicine. Social Science and Medicine 2003; 56:2353-2366.

user menu...

login or register