The Duogynon controversy and ignorance production in post-thalidomide West Germany

This article examines the West German controversy over Duogynon, a ‘hormone pregnancy test’ and the drug at the centre of the first major, international debate over iatrogenic birth defects in the post-thalidomide era. It recovers an asymmetrical power struggle over the uneven distribution of biomed...

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Main Authors: Birgit Nemec, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Elsevier 2022
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8fabecb80e684ade95c569a6f374a1cb
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