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Alessandra Piontelli
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Department of Maternal/Fetal Medicine Clinica Mangiagalli, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
This work provides a detailed reasoned map of fetal behavior from 10 to 25 weeks gestation
Each behavioral event is described, measured in seconds and presented as it occurs in its natural sequence, thus providing a ‘real-time’ picture of fetal behavior
Various prenatal ‘myths’ are discussed and debated, in order to offer scientific information on issues that are particularly relevant, given the heated pro-life versus pro-choice debate
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- Florinda Ceriani, Isabella Fabietti, Roberto Fogliani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 7-18
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- Luisa Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Florinda Ceriani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 19-28
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- Florinda Ceriani, Roberto Fogliani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 29-38
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- Luisa Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Florinda Ceriani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 39-47
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- Chiara Boschetto, Florinda Ceriani, Isabella Fabietti, Roberto Fogliani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 49-57
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- Chiara Boschetto, Florinda Ceriani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 59-75
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- Florinda Ceriani, Roberto Fogliani, Alessandra Kustermann
Pages 77-86
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- Lusia Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Florinda Ceriano, Alessandra Kustermann, Cinzia Zoppini
Pages 87-95
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- Luisa Bocconoi, Chiara Boschetto, Elena Caravelli, Alessandra Kustermann, Umberto Nicolini, Sarah Salmona et al.
Pages 97-106
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Back Matter
Pages 115-133
About this book
This work sees the light for various reasons. There is a general lack of detailed information about the earliest stages of human motor development. The reasons for this are explained more fully in the Introduction; here we may simply state that, apart from their intrinsic interest, earlier phenomena are fundamental to the comprehension of later phenomena rooted in them, whether pathological or normal. This is especially so in the rapidly - veloping young organism. At birth the neonate is catapulted into a profoundly different physical and social envir- ment requiring extremely diverse functioning: suffice it to mention aerial respiration, no longer being fed through the placenta and the cord, and the full impact of gravity on neonatal movements. The neonate generally adapts smoothly to the transition, as it has been equipped to do so during the 9 months of pregnancy. However, the study of the early stages of fetal motor development should not be exclusively directed towards the und- standing of functioning in the neonate.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Maternal/Fetal Medicine Clinica Mangiagalli, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Alessandra Piontelli
