The detention, confinement, and incarceration of pregnant women for the benefit of fetal health.
In 1998, Yuriko Kawaguchi appeared before Cleveland, Ohio Municipal Court Judge Patricia Cleary and entered a guilty plea to a fifth-degree felony forgery count resulting from her use of a counterfeit credit card. Approximately two weeks before her sentencing hearing, Ms. Kawaguchi wrote to Judge Cleary, informing the judge...

Red alert: 90% women, children are anaemic.
NEW DELHI: Have you been feeling exhausted and lethargic these days? Go, get your haemoglobin level checked. According to data available with the Nutrition Foundation of India, nearly 90% of adolescent girls, women and children in the country suffer from anaemia. The data has been obtained from...

The crisis of 1863.
In her biography of Ellen Ternan, The Invisible Woman, Claire Tomalin titles the chapter dealing with the years 1862 to 1865, "Vanishing Into Space." During these years, no concrete evidence of Ellen's whereabouts or activities survives. Tomalin suggests, however, that "If Nelly ... bore a child, a likely time...

Family studies to link midwives and child health nurses.
A new RMIT University course in family studies will enhance continuity of care for women and their families as they move between midwives and maternal and child health nurses, according to lecturers Linda Jones and Deborah Akers. The new program will introduce family studies to both midwifery...

Child marriage: a violation of human rights/Marriage des enfants: une violation des droits humains.
Child marriage is a violation of human rights. The World Population Foundation (WPF) and International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) continues to urge all governments to end child marriage: a practice in which the parents of a child arrange a marriage with another child or an adult. In most...

Practicas clinicas en el cuidado de gestantes y recien nacidos en algunos hospitales de Bogota, Colombia.
RESUMEN Objetivo Evaluar en algunos hospitales de Bogotá, entre Agosto de 2004 y Marzo de 2005, la frecuencia de uso de 17 prácticas en el manejo de las principales causas de morbilidad y mortalidad materna y perinatal. Métodos Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal....

Great with Child.
Great with Child by Beth Ann Fennelly. New York: W. W. Norton. $22.95 (cloth). The nineteenth-century paintings of Mary Cassatt, set in gardens and drawing rooms and seaside resorts, are recognizable for their portrayals of relationships between mothers and children. In an age of Third Wave Feminism,...

Positive reinforcement for minister.
Midwives and nursing groups have praised Federal Minister for Health Tony Abbott, after he said he would consider paying midwives Medicare benefits if their patients had been referred by doctors. Australian College of Midwives executive officer Barbara Vernon described the comment as a breakthrough, saying midwives had...

Analisis de las muertes maternas por hemorragia en el departamento de Antioquia, Colombia. Anos 2004 y 2005.
Analysing maternal deaths caused by haemorrhage in the department of Antioquia, Colombia from 2004 to 2005 RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar los factores que predisponen a la mortalidad materna por hemorragia obstétrica en el departamento de Antioquia (Colombia) durante los años 2004-2005. Metodología: estudio descriptivo...

The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies Prioritized to Reduce Maternal Deaths.
The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies Prioritized to Reduce Maternal Deaths. Published Online September 28, 2006 http://www.womendeliver.org/downloads/ Maternal_Lancet_series.pdf On 28 September 2006, The Lancet, the established British medical journal, published a series of papers entitled: The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies prioritized to reduce maternal deaths. The...