"This volume offers a comprehensive review of all the current knowledge on maternal role attainment since Reva Rubin's seminal work.

Mom Genes reveals the hard science behind our tenderest maternal impulses, tackling questions such as whether a new mom's brain ever really bounces back, why mothers are destined to mimic their own moms (or not), and how maternal aggression ...

Tracing a genealogy of ideas about heredity and maternal-fetal effects, this book offers a critical analysis of conceptual and ethical issues—in particular, the staggering implications for maternal well-being and reproductive ...

This new edition offers numerous content updates throughout the text to keep you up-to-date on the latest topics and best practices.

This book demonstrates that the symbol of maternal sacrifice is the notion that 'proper' women put the welfare of children, whether born, in utero or not conceived, over and above any choices and desires of their own.

“[S]heds light not only on the obstacles to making motherhood safer, but to improving the health of poor populations in general.”—Social Anthropology Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women ...

Offering the keen insight and expertise of a new author team and new contributors, the Fourth Edition of Kotch's Maternal and Child Health: Problems, Programs, and Policy in Public Health continues to offer a comprehensive, trusted ...

Maternal Care addresses all the common and important problems that occur during pregnancy, labour, delivery and the puerperium.

Judith Wilt offers the first look at how contemporary writers tell and retell the stories that shape our perceptions about abortion.