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Fowler, Cathrine; Lee, Alison – Studies in Continuing Education, 2007
Many healthy human experiences and practices have become medicalized and professionalized within health during the past century. In the example used in this article, the legitimation of formal, "evidence-based" scientific knowledge about parenting within nursing and midwifery can have the effect of replacing and discrediting embodied, informal and…
Descriptors: Obstetrics, Health Services, Figurative Language, Constructivism (Learning)
New York State Dept. of Health, Albany. – 1989
This guide provides information for mothers-to-be about pregnancy and parenthood. General guidelines about many issues related to pregnancy and parenting are presented. Included are sections on the importance of the mother's health and prenatal care; signs of pregnancy and pregnancy testing; choosing a health care provider; what to expect during…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Birth, Child Health, Child Rearing