Table of Contents

Preface
Mary Ellen Avery: Evolving role of children in our society
I. Changing Health Ricks for Women over their Lifecycle
1: Cristine Russell: The health risks women face
2: Bruce Kessel: Reproductive cycles in women: The impact on quality of life
3: Roxane Gardner: Female adolescent health care: international perspective
4: Willard Cates, Jr.: Sexually transmitted diseases
3: Deborah Cotton: AIDS in women
6: Jonathan Niloff and Jocelyn Chamberlain: Screening for cancer in women
7: David Chapin: Benign gynecological conditions, changing indications for surgery
II. Family Planning and Fertility
8: Luigi Mastroianni, Jr.: Contraception
9: Herbert B. Peterson and Lynne S. Wilcox: Female sterilization
10: Stanley Henshaw: Induced abortion
11: Carl Wood and Karen Dawson: Assisted fertilization
III. Maternal Health Care
12: Lorraine V. Klerman and Irwin R. Merkatz: Maternity-related health care in the U.S.A.
13: R.H. Philpott: Maternal health care in the developing world
14: R.W. Beard and Jean Chapple: An evaluation of maternity services
15: Allan Rosenfield: Maternal mortality and morbidity
16: Thorkild F. Nielsen: Cesarean section
IV. Pregnancy and Prevention of Adverse Infant Outcomes
17: Roger K. Freeman: Evaluation of monitoring techniques in pregnancy
18: Wendy Chavkin: Substance abuse in pregnancy
19: Emile Papiernik: Prevention of preterm birth in France
20: Catherine S. Peckham: Infections in pregnancy that may affect the development of the baby
21: Philip R. Reilly: Screening for the abnormal baby
V. Impact of Adverse Infant Outcomes
22: Paul H. Wise: Infant mortality: confronting disciplinary fragmentation in research and policy
23: Robert L. Goldenburg: Small for gestational age infants
24: Karin B. Nelson: Cerebral palsy
epilogue by Sir Donald Acheson
25: Shoo K. Lee: Neonatal intensive care
VI. Obstetrics and Public Policy
26: Benjamin P. Sachs and Bruce Korf: Human genome project: implications for practising obstetricians
27: Alan Pinshaw and Howard Hiatt: Professional liability and the practice of obstetrics

Reviews

This is a valuable book for those interested in reproductive health policy....Many of the chapters provide excellent overviews of the epidemiological and clinical knowledge that impact on women's reproductive health.--Arden Handler, DrPH, University of Illinois at Chicago
Reproductive Health Care for Women and Babies is recommended reading for all those involved in the delivery and planning of women's health care. Its well-written messages are clear and concise and worthy of note as we approach the 21st century.--New England Journal of Medicine
Interesting and enjoyable to read....A useful teaching tool.--Family Medicine
A valuable book for those interested in reproductive health policy...many of the chapters provide excellent overviews of the epidemiological and clinical knowledge that impacts on women's reproductive health.--Doody's Journal
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