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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807733703321

Autore

Paisley-Cleveland Lisa

Titolo

Black middle-class women and pregnancy loss [[electronic resource] ] : a qualitative inquiry black / / Lisa Paisley-Cleveland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, [2013]

ISBN

0-7391-7518-1

0-7391-7519-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

618.3/9208996073

Soggetti

Miscarriage - United States

African American women - Health and hygiene

Middle class women - Health and hygiene - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Black Middle-Class Women and Pregnancy Loss; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Early Stages Explored: Life Before and During Pregnancy; Chapter 2 Issues and Outcomes of Prenatal Care: It is Complicated; Chapter 3 Women's Experience with Stress: Dangerous Burdens; Chapter 4 Fathers and Pregnancy Involvement: A Role of a Lifetime; Chapter 5 Precipitating Causes: Breaking Point; Chapter 6 Reflections on Loss, Healing, and Resiliency: Labor of Loss and Sorrow; Chapter 7 Making Sense of it All: Expanded Observations; Chapter 8 Lessons Learned; Appendix A Glossary of Terms

Appendix B Biographical DataAppendix C Interview Guide; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Black Middle-Class Women and Pregnancy Loss: A Qualitative Inquiry is the first qualitative research case study of its kind focused on Black American born middle-class professional married women who have all lived through infant loss. This study examines the Infant Mortality disparity (blacks 12.40, whites 5.35) outside the poverty paradigm, with probable implications for minority groups in England and Wales, (having a similar racial history to the U.S) with Caribbean and Pakistani IM rates being more than twice that of white British