TY - CHAP AB - Prenatal comes from the Latin words ‘prae’ and ‘natalis’ meaning ‘before’ and ‘to be born’, respectively (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1995). This word is semiotically loaded because ‘prenatal’ connotes the time before being born. The word itself signifies the foetus (who is ‘before being born’) not the pregnant body within whom the foetus grows. If medical experts working within the discipline of reproductive medicine concentrate more on the foetus and its health than the pregnant woman, they take this meaning to heart. Experts argue that ‘a multidisciplinary approach to the foetus is essential part of antenatal screening’ (Malone, 1996, p. 157), a view suggesting that the foetus, more than a pregnant woman, is the physician's main focus during the prenatal period. VL - 9 SN - 978-0-7623-1438-6, 978-1-84950-501-7/1057-6290 DO - 10.1016/S1057-6290(07)09010-9 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1057-6290(07)09010-9 AU - Ettorre Elizabeth ED - Barbara Katz Rothman ED - Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong ED - Rebecca Tiger PY - 2007 Y1 - 2007/01/01 TI - Genomics, Gender and Genetic Capital: The Need for an Embodied Ethics of Reproduction T2 - Bioethical Issues, Sociological Perspectives T3 - Advances in Medical Sociology PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 245 EP - 261 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -