| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE A paradoxical pain: recurrent miscarriage; CHAPTER TWO The experience of parents of a premature baby; CHAPTER THREE Emotional turmoil around birth; CHAPTER FOUR Parenting the next child in the shadow of death; CHAPTER FIVE "Opening shut doors"-the emotional impact of infertility and therapeutic issues; CHAPTER SIX Overcoming obstacles; INDEX. |
| Abstract |
There are many books that deal with pregnancy and maternity, and a large number of magazines and articles on paediatric nursing that examine these subjects from different points of view. This volume is not a manual and is not intended to explain to future parents what to do and what to avoid. The objective is rather to look at the most significant and problematic aspects of this delicate phase of a woman's life and that of a couple. It seeks to offer a key to understand the deep significance and complexity of the path to follow to become parents and to face fears linked to the difficulty of p. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 9781299862890 |
| ISBN | 1299862896 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781299862890 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781782411611 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1782411615 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781781812938 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1781812934 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 517540 MIL |
| Stock number | BC4507B9-B9A1-424F-B633-164DAC79F41B OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
