Uncertain Motherhood: Negotiating the Risks of the Childbearing Years

ISBN-13: 9780803955653 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 320 str.

Peggy Anne Field; Patricia Marck; Peggy-Anne Field

Opis

Uncertain Motherhood presents research on maternal behaviour among women who have less than optimal outcomes in pregnancy. The contributors examine mothers' reactions to infertility, unwanted pregnancy, 'at-risk' pregnancy, stillbirth, birth of a preterm baby and the birth of a baby with a birth defect. The purpose of the book is to develop an understanding of the women's experiences in order to assist caregivers in the provision informed care.