Babylost : racism, survival, and the quiet politics of infant mortality, from A to Z /

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The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Casper, Monica J., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Infants > Mortality > United States.
African American infants > Health and hygiene.
Indian infants > Health and hygiene > United States.
Maternal health services > United States.
Discrimination in medical care > United States.
Racism > Health aspects > United States.
Maternal and infant welfare > United States.
Nourrissons > Mortalité > États-Unis.
Nourrissons noirs américains > Santé et hygiène.
Nourrissons des Peuples autochtones > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Protection maternelle et infantile > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Discrimination in medical care
Infants > Mortality
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health services
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Absence
  • Abuse
  • Angel Babies
  • Awareness
  • Babyland
  • Black Infant Mortality
  • Blame
  • Breastfeeding
  • Children's Rights
  • CIA's World Factbook
  • Congressional Black Caucus
  • Cuba
  • Dads
  • Deprivation
  • Disability
  • Doulas
  • Emptiness
  • Envy
  • Epigenetics
  • Folic Acid
  • Fracking
  • Frankenstein
  • Grief
  • Guilt
  • Hope
  • Infant Mortality Rate
  • Infanticide
  • Japan
  • Kangaroo Care
  • Life Expectancy
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Medicaid
  • Memphis
  • Midwives
  • Mother's Day
  • Neonatology
  • Nurses
  • Obstetric Violence
  • Ohio
  • Placenta
  • Prematurity
  • Prenatal Care
  • Quiet
  • Racism
  • Rainbow Baby
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Stillbirth
  • Survival
  • Tahlequah
  • Trauma
  • Urgency
  • Vulnerability
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Weathering
  • Women's Health
  • Xenophobia
  • Yearning
  • Zip Code.

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