Beschreibung:
Through interviews with 120 pregnant, or recently delivered, drug-using women, this book examines pregnant drug addicts make choices about drug use, pregnancy and pre-natal care. The authors seek to understand the feelings and motivations of the women themselves.
Acknowledgments 1. Wayward Wombs 2. Setting the Stage: Life before Pregnancy 3. The Troubled Trajectory of Pregnancy 4. Harm Perception and Harm Reduction 5. The Final Showdown: Birth and Delivery 6. "Not Good Enough to be Pregnant": Conclusions and Policy Implications Appendix 1. Women Talking to Women: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives Appendix 2. PAD Project Participants Notes References Index