Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births

by Marie M. Clay

The advent of hormonal infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization techniques have led to a sharp increase in the number of quadruplet and higher-order conceptions in recent years. Improved neonatal care and nutrition have meant that many more of these babies survive. Yet it appears that very little research has been done into the lives of such children and the psychodevelopmental consequences of their multiple status. In this book, Marie M...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521412234
• ISBN13: 9780521412230
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"