Title: Patient citizens, immigrant mothers : Mexican women, public prenatal care, and the birth-weight paradox /
Authors: Gálvez, Alyshia.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Women Mexico Social conditions.; Women immigrants United States Social conditions.; Prenatal care United States.; Childbirth United States Cross-cultural studies.; Women; Prenatal Care; Emigrants and Immigrants; Parturition; Social Conditions.; Mexico; United States
Abstract: Discusses the apparent advantage of mothers, who have recently immigrated from Mexico over their counterparts with similar risk profiles in terms of low-birth weight babies.
Contents: Paradoxes and patients : immigrants and prenatal care -- Immigrant aspirations and the decisions families make -- Remembering reproductive care in rural Mexico -- Becoming patients : birth experiences in New York City -- Critical perspectives on prenatal care -- Prenatal care and the reception of immigrants : reflections and suggestions for change.