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Dorothy C. Wertz

DC

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Publications

51

Citations

3.5K

H-Index

30

Active since

1977

Affiliations

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center(Current)

Boston University

University of Virginia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Health Services

Dorothy C. Wertz is an author at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center specializing in medicine, public health, and maternal health.

Top concepts

MedicinePublic HealthMaternal HealthPublic Health GeneticsBioethicsMedical EthicsGenderGenetic CounselingReproductive HealthFamily Medicine

Publications per year

1977–2002

51

Publications

51

Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America

Ronald L. Numbers, Richard W. Wertz, Dorothy C. Wertz · Journal of American History · 1978 · 528 citations

Sexual And Reproductive Health, Maternal Complication, Gender Studies +12

Lying-in: A History of Childbirth in America

Janice Nahra Friedel, Richard W. Wertz, Dorothy C. Wertz · The History Teacher · 1979 · 345 citations

Reproductive Sciences, Family Medicine, Fertility +26

In Labor: Women and Power in the Birth-place.

Dorothy C. Wertz, Barbara Katz Rothman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1983 · 318 citations

Feminist Scholarship, Gender Studies, Sociology +4

Genetic Testing for Children and Adolescents

Dorothy C. Wertz · JAMA · 1994 · 260 citations

Genetic Testing, Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology +17

Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenthood.

Dorothy C. Wertz, Frances K. Grossman, Lois S. Eichler et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1981 · 197 citations

Pregnancy Prevention, Contraception, Teenage Pregnancy +10

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