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Informationen zum Autor Loretta P. Finnegan is President of Finnegan Consulting which addresses education, research, and treatment in issues relating to women's health and perinatal addiction. She is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in these fields and credited with the development of an assessment tool for neonatal opioid abstinence which is used widely in neonatal intensive care units in this country and abroad. Dr. Finnegan developed a landmark program which provided comprehensive services for drug dependent women and their children. She has lectured throughout the United States and in many international settings to disseminate her clinical and research knowledge in women's health and perinatal addiction. Stephen R. Kandall is the former Chief of Neonatology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has published over 70 articles and book chapters on perinatal addiction, authored a history of women and addiction in the United States, Substance and Shadow (Harvard University Press, 1996), lectured widely nationally and internationally, and served on a number of national panels related to perinatal addiction. He currently serves on the Board of the North Carolina March of Dimes and a number of state legislative committees in North Carolina. Klappentext This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date information, ranging from a historical perspective to current theories and practices related to affected women and their children. This book was published as a special issue in the Journal of Addictive Diseases. Zusammenfassung This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date information, ranging from a historical perspective to current theories and practices related to affected women and their children. This book was published as a special issue in the Journal of Addictive Diseases. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to Women, Children and Addiction Loretta P. Finnegan 2. Women and Drug Addiction: A Historical Perspective Stephen R. Kandall 3. Women and Addiction: The Importance of Gender Issues in Substance Abuse Research Ellen Tuchman 4. Substance Use and Women’s Health Abigail Kay , Trusandra E. Taylor , Andrea G. Barthwell , Jana Wichelecki , and Vera Leopold 5. Ethical Issues and Addiction Binta Lambert , Melissa Scheiner , and Deborah Campbell 6. Addiction in Pregnancy Joan Keegan , Mehdi Parva , Mark Finnegan , Andrew Gerson , and Michael Belden . Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Behavior Among Female Substance Abusers Susan E. Ramsey , Kathryn M. Bell , and Patricia A. Engler 8. Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Addiction: Methadone Mary Jeanne Kreek , Lisa Borg , Elizabeth Ducat , and Brenda Ray 9. Gender Issues in the Pharmacotherapy of Opioid-Addicted Women: Buprenorphine Annemarie Unger , Erika Jung , Bernadette Winklbaur , and Gabriele Fischer 10. Punishing Pregnant Drug-Using Women: Defying Law, Medicine, and Common Sense Jeanne Flavin and Lynn M. Paltrow 11. Prenatal Drug Exposure: Infant and Toddler Outcomes Emmalee S. Bandstra , Connie E. Morrow , Elana Mansoor , and Veronica H. Accornero 12. Children of Addicted Women Barry M. Lester and Linda L. Lagasse ...
