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Author:

Gálvez, Alyshia.

Title:

Patient citizens, immigrant mothers : Mexican women, public prenatal care, and the birth-weight paradox / Alyshia Gálvez.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women--Mexico--Social conditions.
Women immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Prenatal care--United States.
Childbirth--United States--Cross-cultural studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Immigrant aspirations and the decisions families make -- Allá en el pueblo : the changing landscape of reproductive care in rural Mexico -- Becoming patients : birth experiences in New York City -- Soy fuerte, yo puedo : critical perspectives on prenatal care -- Conclusion : prenatal care and the reception of immigrants why it's important to listen to Mexican immigrant women talk about their pregnancies.

Series:

Critical issues in health and medicine

ISBN:

0813551420 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813551425 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813551412 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813551418 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)698360629

LCCN:

2011001050

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)