PSYCHOL PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

Provides an overview of the major psychological changes which women and families may experience during pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. Discusses psychological aspects of issues such as infertility, pregnancy termination, miscarriage, antenatal care staff support and communication, neonatal death, and special circumstances such as drug use and HIV infection, and includes quotations from women on their own experiences. For counselors and hospital staff. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.