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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14290| Title: | The pill in the future : pharmacological contraception in science fiction |
| Authors: | Grech, Victor E. Vassallo, Clare Callus, Ivan |
| Keywords: | Birth control in literature Science fiction Pharmacy -- Forecasting Oral contraceptives |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Malta College of Pharmacy Practice |
| Citation: | Grech, V., Vassallo, C., & Callus, I. (2013). The pill in the future : pharmacological contraception in science fiction. Journal of the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice, 19, 21-24. |
| Abstract: | Contraception dates back to Mesopotamian times. Science fiction (SF) has utilised many contraceptive plot devices and this paper will explore these stratagems from the pharmacological point of view. It will be shown that the oral contraceptive pill and the contraceptive implant were both predicted in SF as well as other forms of contraception of which we only, as yet, have tantalising research possibilities. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14290 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMCPP, Issue 19 JMCPP, Issue 19 |
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