Synopses & Reviews
As more and more women decide to have children in later life, the medical establishment is being forced to reevaluate its traditional stance that such women are high-risk. Pregnancy for Older Women is the only book to present a comprehensive scientific analysis of the medical literature, exploring such controversial issues as amniocentesis, the use of cesarean section, and the effect of doctor's assumptions on case outcomes.
Table of Contents
Preface
Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs
Assessing the Medical Literature
Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More
The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present
Pregnancy for Older Women
Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight Pregnancy Outcomes, United States, 1917-January 1983; Percentage of Studies Falling into Each Rating Category According to Pregnancy Outcomes Studied and Findings Concerning the Effects of Advanced Maternal Age; Selected Medical Views Concerning Pregnancy at Advanced Maternal Age; Incidence of Down's Syndrome by Mother's