Health Sciences 2610F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Surrogacy, Leilani Muir, Provincial Training School
13 Apr 2015
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9 weeks-when we call an embyro or fetus (all things we can identify in a human are there- ex. head, shoulder, knees and toes) 20 weeks half way through preg. (issued with death if died before 20 weeks) 24 weeks: threshold of viability (means that if baby had to be delievered could survive in incubator) th century: constructed - th century-mid 1800s: observed biological. 1950s on: inherited- watson and crick and darwin- started looking at genes and inherited traits. 1978: a landmark moment- first ivf (test tube babies) was born/ created. Things have changed over the years- didnt always have knowledge. *early days: what we knew about life was emerging- hypothetical -helped to understand disease how do we construct these concepts- what is healthy/normal, etc. Leonardo de vinci"s concept alot of women died in pregnancy. Child and uterus in a seed and opened.
