"Why do women want to have children? How does one 'learn' to be a mother? Does having babies have anything to do with sex? At a time when mothers are bombarded by prescriptive and contradicting advice on how to behave with their children, The Maternal Lineage highlights various …
More and more health care professionals in obstetrics and gynecology are turning to complementary medicine to enhance their patients' comfort and wellness. _x000D__x000D_With ...
This is the first full-length exploration of psychotherapy for those who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy or the first few weeks of life. Using many case reports, Irving G. Leon integrates recent work on narcissism, mourning, and short-term therapy with more …
Coming to Life does what too few scholarly works have dared to attempt: It takes seriously the philosophical significance of women's lived experience. Every woman, regardless of her own reproductive story, is touched by the beliefs and norms governing discourses about pregnancy,…
by Poston, Lucilla, Gillman, Matthew W.
fromCambridge medicine (Series)
Obesity incidence continues to grow in both the developed and developing world. More than 300 million women are clinically obese and this has profound effects on health during pregnancy and the wellbeing of the unborn child. In the face of such a challenging pandemic, this book …
This book presents details for each diagnosis; representative images; case data; and more current references than any other reference tool. At the same time, its user-friendly format lets readers access all of this information quickly.
"Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth' explores the issues of racism, medicine, and motherhood"-- "Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lack…
"'Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth' explores the issues of racism, medicine, and motherhood"-- A troubling study of the role that medical racism plays in the lives of black women who have given birth to premature and low birth weight infants. -- Pr…
"'Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth' explores the issues of racism, medicine, and motherhood"-
