Cowgill, Brittany, 1986-

Rest uneasy : sudden infant death syndrome in twentieth century America / Brittany Cowgill. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource. - Critical issues in health and medicine .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Deaths of infants in bed" : the historical origins of SIDS -- Cause of death : SIDS -- The theory of the month club : conducting research on SIDS -- Risky babies -- Mobilization : SIDS activism -- Cause for alarm -- Sleep like a baby -- Conclusion : "the disease of theories" : discovering SIDS.



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Sudden infant death syndrome.
Sudden infant death syndrome--Prevention.
Infants--Mortality--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

RJ320 / .R478 2018