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This is the basis of her concern, which usually starts in pregnancy, as to when
she can get back to 'normal'. The return to normality also concerns life patterns
generally. Childbearing is seen as an interruption. 'Children are viewed as a ...
This is the basis of her concern, which usually starts in pregnancy, as to when
she can get back to 'normal'. The return to normality also concerns life patterns
generally. Childbearing is seen as an interruption. 'Children are viewed as a ...
Page 120
It involves separation from 'normal' people going about their everyday lives;
taking over by agencies outside the woman's own control; investigation and
assessment of risk necessitating exposure of the most intimate parts of the body
to men ...
It involves separation from 'normal' people going about their everyday lives;
taking over by agencies outside the woman's own control; investigation and
assessment of risk necessitating exposure of the most intimate parts of the body
to men ...
Page 131
We start some babies on Merbentyl (an anti-spasmodic) which is handed out with
orange juice at the health clinic, and then put them on to junior aspirin.
Pharmacological pain relief, tranquillizers, nicotine and alcohol are a part of
normal life ...
We start some babies on Merbentyl (an anti-spasmodic) which is handed out with
orange juice at the health clinic, and then put them on to junior aspirin.
Pharmacological pain relief, tranquillizers, nicotine and alcohol are a part of
normal life ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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