Prenatal care
Subtitle: effectiveness and implementation
By: edited by Marie C. McCormick and Joanna E. Siegel.
Contributors: McCormick, Marie C.; Siegel, Joanna E.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Prenatal care; Prenatal Care; Prenatal  Diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical refences and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Prenatal care and complications of pregnancy. Effect of prenatal care upon medical conditions in pregnancy / Phillip G. Stubblefield; title: Health behaviors during pregnancy : risks and interventions / Lisa L. Paine, Lisa M. Garceau; title: pt. 2. Preventing prematurity. Causes of prematurity / David A. Savitz, Lisa M. Pastore; title: Interventions to prevent prematurity / Robert L. Goldenberg, Dwight J. Rouse; title: Long-term outcomes of prematurity / Marie C. McCormick; title: pt. 3. New findings and long-term evidence on intrauterine growth restriction. Causes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen Maher Rasmussen; title: Impact of prenatal care on intrauterine growth restriction / Linda J. Heffner; title: Short- and long-term outcomes of intrauterine growth restriction / Kathleen G. Nelson; title: pt. 4. Preventing and treating birth defects. Prevalence and etiology of birth defects / Joan M. Stoler; title: Developing fetal diagnostic technologies / Richard C. Parad; title: Options following the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly / Mark I. Evans, Yuval Yaron, Ralph L. Kramer, Mark P. Johnson; title: pt. 5. Prenatal care as an integral component of women's health care. Opportunities for improving maternal and infant health through prenatal oral health care / James J. Crall; title: Family planning : need and opportunities / Lorraine V. Klerman; title: Maternal-fetal conflict is not a useful construct / Wendy Chavkin, Peter Bernstein; title: Linking prenatal care with women's health care / Paul H. Wise, Marisa Brett; title: A European perspective on prenatal care : an integrated system / Jacques Milliez; title: Epilogue. A commentary on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prenatal care / Joanna E. Siegel, Marie C. McCormick.