Fetal alcohol syndrome / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.

Other author Langwith, Jacqueline.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoDetroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, ©2011.
Description131 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

SeriesPerspectives on diseases and disorders
Perspectives on diseases and disorders. ^A1091995
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- 1: Overview of Fetal Alcohol syndrome / Laurie Heron Seaver, Teresa G Odle, and Tish Davidson -- 2: Genes may determine sensitivity to maternal alcohol exposure / Science Daily -- 3: Certain B vitamin may prevent FAS / PLoS medicine -- 4: Adults with FAS face challenges / Tom Robertson -- 5: People with Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder face difficulties in the U S justice system /Bruce Gage -- Chapter 2: Controversies surrounding Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- 1: There is no safe amount of drinking for pregnant women / Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders study group -- 2: Small amounts of alcohol are probably safe for pregnant women / John C Hobbins -- 3: Women need to hear that FAS is completely preventable / Richard H Carmona -- 4: Saying that FAS is completely preventable is misleading / Gideon Koren -- 5: FAS prevention should focus on stopping fetal exposure to alcohol / Mark B Mengel, H Russell Searight, and Keely Cook -- 6: FAS prevention should focus on helping alcohol-abusing women / Janet Golden -- 7: Civil commitment laws for pregnant drinkers are designed to protect fetuses / Alcohol policy information system -- 8: Civil commitment laws for pregnant drinkers are problematic / Erin N Linder -- Chapter 3: Personal experiences with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- 1: Regretful mother / Lorrie Hundal and Marcie Good -- 2: Adopting a child with FAS / Eva Carner -- 3: How FAS affects me / David -- 4: Adult silenced by FAS / Megan Holland -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index.
Abstract Product Description: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease -- either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010018199
ISBN9780737749991 (hardcover)
ISBN0737749997 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks RG629.F45 F4613 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold