Womens Health Communication - High-Risk Pregnancy and Premature Birth Narratives

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Hall is lecturer at Purdue University in the Communication Department and adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University. Klappentext Pregnancy Narratives examines the stories of women who undergo complications during the reproductive process such as difficult conception, miscarriage, still birth, premature labor, and premature delivery. Hall calls attention to how the stories of pregnancy and birth that women hear prior to their pregnancy shape the narratives they later tell of their own traumatic experiences. Zusammenfassung Pregnancy Narratives examines the stories of women who undergo complications during the reproductive process such as difficult conception! miscarriage! still birth! premature labor! and premature delivery. Hall calls attention to how the stories of pregnancy and birth that women hear prior to their pregnancy shape the narratives they later tell of their own traumatic experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: My StoryChapter 2: Pregnancy and NarrativesChapter 3: Pregnancy as a Cultural PhenomenonChapter 4: This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to MeChapter 5: The Comparison GameChapter 6: Tell Me More....But Wait, Don'tChapter 7: As Seen on TVChapter 8: Terrible Pregnancies and Traumatic BirthsChapter 9: Life in the NICUChapter 10: Life after the NICUChapter 11: The Emotional Journey

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer G Hall, Jennifer G. Hall, Jennifer Gibb Hall
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780739195864
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9586-4
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, Personal & public health, Communication Studies, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Personal and public health / health education, Health Communication;Pregnancy and Childbirth