“Löwy gives us a masterful analysis that will be troubling to some, eye-opening to others, and thoroughly useful to all who read it. Tangled Diagnoses will interest not only historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of medicine and reproductive technology, but also advocates and policy-interested constituencies in the fields of disability, public health, and gender studies.”
— Rayna Rapp, New York University
“Discussions of the emotionally-charged topic of prenatal diagnosis tend to be highly polarized—either unreservedly pro or con, with little acknowledgment of complexities, ambivalences, mixed motivations, and diversity of outcomes. Ilana Löwy’s analysis is unusually nuanced and respectful of divergent viewpoints. A central theme is that decisions regarding prenatal diagnosis are always situated, and hence different women may make different (reasonable) choices, and that they may also make different choices at different moments in their lives. Original, well-researched, provocative, and compellingly argued, Tangled Diagnoses should influence the way ethical, social, and policy issues around prenatal diagnosis are debated.”
— Diane B. Paul, University of Massachusetts Boston
"Engagingly written, provocative, and well-researched. . . . Recommended."
— Choice
"Löwy is an accomplished sociological observer who does not blink...I admire work that is deeply theoretical and crystal clear at the same time....I would characterize it as required reading for anyone concerned with contemporary medicine in general."
— Bulletin of the History of Medicine
"Tangled Diagnoses elegantly accomplish[es] a difficult and rare feat: putting disability, medical, and feminist perspectives on prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion into conversation with one another, with productive and enlightening outcomes."
— Studies in History and Philosophy of Biology & Biomedical Science
"...of the greatest interest to historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of medicine and health, especially those working on reproduction, diagnostic and screening programs, risks, disability, genetics/genomics, gender and kinship."
— Gesnerus: Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences