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Pregnancy, Parturition and the Puerperium

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Each developmental stage of the family life cycle offers an opportunity for growth. Although the most dramatic effects may be experienced with the first pregnancy, each subsequent event creates a new social system. Pregnancy is not an isolated biologic event but includes the transformation of a wife to a mother and a husband to a father, each with a new identity and role.

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  1. Harry E. Mayhew
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Mayhew, H.E., Duhring, J.L. (1983). Pregnancy, Parturition and the Puerperium. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4002-8_39

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