Drug Misuse and Motherhood

Herausgeber: Jackson, Marcia; Lewis, Suzan; Klee, Hilary

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The growing use of illicit drugs among women has become a major concern for health professionals and social services. The reluctance of drug-using women to seek help from drug agencies and to disclose their use of drugs to ante-natal, midwifery and social services is now officially recognised by government agencies. However, devising an appropriate strategy that will overcome these fears will not be easy without a better understanding of their causes and effects. Drug Misuse and Motherhood gives drug-using mothers a voice. Based on longitudinal research and in-depth interviews it provides new insights and much-needed information in five key areas: * family life * pregnancy * motherhood * service delivery and development * implications for policy. The user-perspective of this book is balanced by the professional viewpoint on the same issues. It offers a unique source of data for researchers and fresh inspiration for practitioners working in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415271950
• ISBN-10: 0415271959
• Artikelnr.: 22102517

Autorenporträt

Hilary Klee, Marcia Jackson and Suzan Lewis are all at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I The changing context: women, drugs and family 1 Women, family and
drugs 2 Women's use of drugs: gender specific factors 3 Concepts of
motherhood 4 Preparing for motherhood 5 Antenatal care: expectations and
experiences 6 Drugs and pregnancy 7 Informal support: partners and mums 8
Practitioner views of pregnant drug users PART III Motherhood 9 Hospital
confinement 10 Drugs and parenting 11 Relapse: missing the window of
opportunity 12 Mothering and drugs: four case studies 13 Child protection:
social workers' views PART IV Service delivery and development 14 Neonatal
Abstinence Syndrome 15 The role of drug services for pregnant drug users:
the Liverpool approach 16 The drug liaison midwife: developing a model of
maternity services for drug-using women from conception to creation 17
Providing care for pregnant women who use drugs: the Glasgow Women's
Reproductive Health Service PART V Implications for policy 18 Overcoming
the barriers 19 Dilemmas of child welfare and drug dependence 20 Drugs
policy and practice development in the United Kingdom