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SUMMARY:Almighty Physicians and Autonomous Adults: the 1970s women's healt
 h movement. - Katelyn Smith\, Department of History and Philosophy of Scie
 nce
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:My research examines the broader impact of the work of 1960s A
 merican journalist\, Barbara Seaman. Seaman is most remembered for her 196
 9 book The Doctors' Case Against the Pill\, which alerted the public to th
 e possible dangers of oral contraceptives\, and the subsequent FDA require
 ment of a patient package insert on the pill. While histories of the birth
  control pill only briefly mention Seaman\, her emphasis on patient autono
 my and the need for informed consent as part of second-wave feminism and t
 he women's health movement of the 1970s triggered a larger transformation 
 in doctor-patient relationships. Histories from this time often focus on c
 ollective impacts by coalitions rather than individuals\, but I argue that
  Seaman is one woman worth remembering\, an ordinary journalist who helped
  trigger extraordinary change in medicine. My project is the first to exte
 nsively examine Seaman's work\, particularly as an example of the larger i
 mpact of second-wave feminism on informed consent in America.  
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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