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Through interviews with 120 pregnant, or recently delivered, drug-using women, this book examines pregnant drug addicts make choices about drug use, pregnancy and pre-natal care. The authors seek to understand the feelings and motivations of the women themselves.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Wayward Wombs
2. Setting the Stage: Life before Pregnancy
3. The Troubled Trajectory of Pregnancy
4. Harm Perception and Harm Reduction
5. The Final Showdown: Birth and Delivery
6. "Not Good Enough to be Pregnant": Conclusions and Policy Implications
Appendix 1. Women Talking to Women: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives
Appendix 2. PAD Project Participants
Notes
References
Index

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/1998
      ISBN13: 9780813526034, 978-0813526034
      ISBN10: 0813526035
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      Drugs and alcohol: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through interviews with 120 pregnant, or recently delivered, drug-using women, this book examines pregnant drug addicts make choices about drug use, pregnancy and pre-natal care. The authors seek to understand the feelings and motivations of the women themselves.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      1. Wayward Wombs
      2. Setting the Stage: Life before Pregnancy
      3. The Troubled Trajectory of Pregnancy
      4. Harm Perception and Harm Reduction
      5. The Final Showdown: Birth and Delivery
      6. "Not Good Enough to be Pregnant": Conclusions and Policy Implications
      Appendix 1. Women Talking to Women: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives
      Appendix 2. PAD Project Participants
      Notes
      References
      Index

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