Eating For Two: A Study of the Effects of Obesity upon the Health of Pregnant Women and their Infants
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: My senior capstone research project for my degree in biology started out, like most, as a comprehensive literature review.My research paper dealt with a broad question, "the state of affairs in obstetrics," and covered content from over sixty current journal articles relating to the most relevant topics of today.Meanwhile, since I was headed for a Physician's Assistant program, my shadowing internship was comprised of time spent accompanying two physicians, at separate times, both on the labor and delivery floor and in the operating room for cesarean section births at the Lowell (Massachusetts) General Hospital.By the midpoint of my literature review and shadowing experience, I had found my specific research topic: the effects of obesity in pregnant women upon both their and their infant's health, the birthing process and beyond.The author on the Lowell General Hospital labor floor.
Author: Michael Cochran-Boucher
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2154480237