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BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN Change #1

ORIGINAL

Barbara Katz Rothman, (born 1948) Ph.D. NYU, 1979) is Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York and the author of numerous books. Her work is interdisciplinary and international; its scope encompasses medical sociology, childbirth and midwifery issues, bioethics, race, disability, and the sociology of knowledge. She is the President Elect of the Eastern Sociological Society for the 2016 presidential term.[1]

AFTER

Her work is interdisciplinary and international; its scope encompasses medical sociology, childbirth and midwifery issues, bioethics, race, disability, food science, the sociology of knowledge and the interactions between these factors.

Change #2

• Recreating Motherhood emphasizes the social, political and technological implications of birthing and raising a child in a patriarchal society. She discusses the legal parental rights of the birth mother and child-care providers. Rothman argues for a shift in reproductive practices in order to reflect the collective experiences of women. ^[2]

Change #3

• Rothman discusses the social, ethical and racial issues involved in the Human Genome Project. Some themes explored include the social constructions of race, the issues with studying genetic differences between races, how new genetic technologies alter the public’s understanding of health, and the ethics of prenatal screening for genetic diseases. She includes both evidence-based research and personal experience to support her arguments.^[3]