Mother+child Health

This book gives an overview of the services and programs which providemothers and their children with effective primary health care, particularly indeveloping countries. The book presents a point of view, or a practicalphilosophy, which is intended to guide health workers who organize and implementpreventive and curative care for mothers and children. The public healthphilosophy espoused in the book is as timely now as when it was first publishedin 1972; mothers are the key to the success of maternal and child healthservices, and community resources should be harnessed so that health servicesand programs are tailor-made to the local setting. While the third editionfollows closely the organization of the first two editions, the content has beenrevised to take into account changes in the social, ecological, and biologicalbackgrounds of many developing countries. Charts, tables, and figures have alsobeen updated and revised.Williams, Cicely D. is the author of 'Mother+child Health' with ISBN 9780195081497 and ISBN 0195081498.