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Children's perceptions of length of gestation period, the birth exit, and birth necessity explanations: a cross-national study of Australian, English, North American and Swedish Children
Ronald J. Goldman, Juliette D. G. Goldman
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31 July 2008, pp. 109-121
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A sample of 838 children aged 5–15 in Australia, England, North America and Sweden were interviewed about how they perceived biological and sexual development. One of the six sections covered gestation and the birth process. Responses were scored on a biological realism scale. The English-speaking children's estimates of the gestation period achieved realistic levels by 11 years, with Swedish children generally at 9 years. In perceiving where the baby emerged at birth, several orifices were named with strong support for cloacal theory at 5 and 7 years. English-speaking children tended to nominate the realistic birth exit by 11 years, Swedish children earlier at 9 years. The necessity of birth at about 9 months was explained realistically between 11 and 13 years although the explanations were couched in crude and simplistic terms. Certain sex and cultural differences are discussed.

Genetics: Human Aspects. By A. P. Mange and E. J. Mange. Pp. 659. (Saunder College/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Philadelphia, 1980.) £9.75.
F. W. Robertson
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31 July 2008, p. 249
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Fertility and Family Planning in Greater Bombay. By J. R. Rele and T. Kanitkar. Pp. v + 217. (Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1980.) Rs.6.00
S.M.S. Chahal
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31 July 2008, pp. 501-502
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Dictionary of Medical Ethics (2nd edn). Edited by A. S. Duncan, G. R. Dunstan and R. B. Welbourn. (Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 1981.) £12.50. - Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Edited by J. W. Davis, B. Hoffmaster and S. Shorten. (Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, 1981.) £11.15.
P. W. Brunt
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31 July 2008, pp. 374-376
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The Biological Revolution: Applications of Cell Biology to Public Welfare. Edited by Gerald Weissmann, (Plenum Press, New York, 1982.) $15.95.
John Ebling
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31 July 2008, pp. 502-504
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Statistics in Britain 1865–1930. (The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge). By Donald A. MacKenzie. Pp. viii + 306. (Edinburgh University Press, 1981.) £12.50.
Peter R. Cox
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31 July 2008, pp. 249-251
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Social and Biological Predictors of Nutritional Status, Physical Growth and Neurodevelopment. Edited by L. S. Greene & F. E. Johnston. Pp. 344. (Academic Press, London, 1980.) £14.00.
G. Ainsworth Harrison
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31 July 2008, pp. 123-124
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The Unmasking of Medicine. By Ian Kennedy. Pp. 189. (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.) £8.95.
Denis Hawkins
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31 July 2008, pp. 376-377
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Child-Spacing in Tropical Africa: Traditions and Change. Edited by Hilary J. Page & R. Lesthaeghe. Pp. 332. (Academic Press, London, 1981.) £15.00.
E. Grebenik
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31 July 2008, pp. 124-125
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General Practice Revisited. By Ann Cartwright and Robert Anderson. Pp. xii + 228. (Tavistock, London, 1981.)£11.50.
Jennifer Kevern
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31 July 2008, pp. 377-378
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Practical Genetic Counselling. By P. S. Harper. (Wright, Bristol, 1981.) £12.50.
A. W. Johnston
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31 July 2008, p. 252
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The Artificial Family: A Consideration of Artificial Insemination by Donor. By R. Snowden & G. D. Mitchell. Pp. 138. (Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.) £6.95.
Brendan Soane
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31 July 2008, pp. 125-126
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Volume 14 - October 1982

Research Article

Children's perceptions of length of gestation period, the birth exit, and birth necessity explanations: a cross-national study of Australian, English, North American and Swedish Children

Book Reviews

Genetics: Human Aspects. By A. P. Mange and E. J. Mange. Pp. 659. (Saunder College/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Philadelphia, 1980.) £9.75.

Fertility and Family Planning in Greater Bombay. By J. R. Rele and T. Kanitkar. Pp. v + 217. (Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1980.) Rs.6.00

Book reviews

Dictionary of Medical Ethics (2nd edn). Edited by A. S. Duncan, G. R. Dunstan and R. B. Welbourn. (Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 1981.) £12.50. - Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Edited by J. W. Davis, B. Hoffmaster and S. Shorten. (Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, 1981.) £11.15.

Book Reviews

The Biological Revolution: Applications of Cell Biology to Public Welfare. Edited by Gerald Weissmann, (Plenum Press, New York, 1982.) $15.95.

Statistics in Britain 1865–1930. (The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge). By Donald A. MacKenzie. Pp. viii + 306. (Edinburgh University Press, 1981.) £12.50.

Social and Biological Predictors of Nutritional Status, Physical Growth and Neurodevelopment. Edited by L. S. Greene & F. E. Johnston. Pp. 344. (Academic Press, London, 1980.) £14.00.

Book reviews

The Unmasking of Medicine. By Ian Kennedy. Pp. 189. (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.) £8.95.

Book Reviews

Child-Spacing in Tropical Africa: Traditions and Change. Edited by Hilary J. Page & R. Lesthaeghe. Pp. 332. (Academic Press, London, 1981.) £15.00.

Book reviews

General Practice Revisited. By Ann Cartwright and Robert Anderson. Pp. xii + 228. (Tavistock, London, 1981.)£11.50.

Practical Genetic Counselling. By P. S. Harper. (Wright, Bristol, 1981.) £12.50.

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Index

Book Reviews

The Artificial Family: A Consideration of Artificial Insemination by Donor. By R. Snowden & G. D. Mitchell. Pp. 138. (Allen and Unwin, London, 1981.) £6.95.

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