IVF: The women who helped make it happen

Q1 Social Sciences

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rbms.2018.11.002

Martin H. Johnson

引用次数: 5

Abstract

In this paper I pay tribute to four named women and 280 unidentified women patients for their essential roles in supporting Bob Edwards and Patrick Steptoe during the pioneering early days of IVF. The four named women are Jean Purdy, Muriel Harris, Lillian Lincoln Howell and Ruth Fowler.

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试管受精:帮助实现这一目标的女性

在这篇论文中，我向四名有名字的女性和280名身份不明的女性患者致敬，感谢她们在试管婴儿的早期开创性阶段支持鲍勃·爱德华兹和帕特里克·斯特普托的重要作用。这四位被提名的女性分别是珍·珀迪、穆里尔·哈里斯、莉莲·林肯·豪厄尔和露丝·福勒。

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Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

CiteScore

5.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

7 weeks

期刊介绍： RBMS is a new journal dedicated to interdisciplinary discussion and debate of the rapidly expanding field of reproductive biomedicine, particularly all of its many societal and cultural implications. It is intended to bring to attention new research in the social sciences, arts and humanities on human reproduction, new reproductive technologies, and related areas such as human embryonic stem cell derivation. Its audience comprises researchers, clinicians, practitioners, policy makers, academics and patients.