According to the Latina health paradox, Mexican immigrant women have less complicated pregnancies and more favorable birth outcomes than many other groups, in spite of socioeconomic disadvantage. In Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers, Alyshia G̀lvez takes us from inside the halls of a busy metropolitan hospital & rsquo;s public prenatal clinic to the Oaxaca and Puebla states in Mexico to look at the ways Mexican women manage their pregnancies. The book is both a migration story and a look at the ways that immigrants are received by our medical institutions and by our society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Immigrant aspirations and the decisions families make -- Allá en el pueblo : the changing landscape of reproductive care in rural Mexico -- Becoming patients : birth experiences in New York City -- Soy fuerte, yo puedo : critical perspectives on prenatal care -- Conclusion : prenatal care and the reception of immigrants why it's important to listen to Mexican immigrant women talk about their pregnancies.
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