‘The men who made the breakthrough’: How the British press represented Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in 1978
This article examines how the British press represented Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in the story of the birth of the first ‘test-tube baby’, Louise Brown. In 1978, the British press represented the birth of Louise Brown as both a success and a source of hope. The main pairs of protagonists in...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405661817300199 |