At a moment when health care is front and center in public awareness, a new book makes an important contribution to current thinking. "BLAMING MOTHERS: American Law and the Risks to Children's Health" by Linda C. Fentiman, a professor of law at Pace University, gives us an understanding of the way in which historical and cultural patterns of blaming mothers, have been incorporated into the law through the interpretation of basic legal concepts as applied to matters relating to children's health [...]
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