Patient citizens, immigrant mothers
Subtitle: Mexican women, public prenatal care, and the birth weight paradox
By: Alyshia Gálvez
Series: Critical issues in health and medicine
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780813551418; 9780813551425
Subjects: Women; Cross-cultural studies; Social conditions; Childbirth; Prenatal care; Women immigrants
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Immigrant aspirations and the decisions families make; title: Allá en el pueblo : the changing landscape of reproductive care in rural Mexico; title: Becoming patients : birth experiences in New York City; title: Soy fuerte, yo puedo : critical perspectives on prenatal care; title: Conclusion : prenatal care and the reception of immigrants why it's important to listen to Mexican immigrant women talk about their pregnancies.