Social support and motherhood : the natural history of a research project /
Ann Oakley.
- xii, 404 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-396) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Note on Numbers -- Introduction -- Social Origins -- 'A Friend a Day Keeps the Doctor Away': Social Support and Health -- Sickness in Salonica and Other Stories -- Eve in the Garden of Health Research -- A Bite of the Apple -- Who's Afraid of the Randomized Controlled Trial? -- 'One of Mummy's Ladies' -- Four Women -- 'Real' Results -- Women at Risk -- The Poverty of Research -- Models of Knowing and Understanding -- Appendix I: Study Guidelines -- Appendix II: Publications from the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome Study -- Notes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.