The mighty bond between parent and child is one of the enduring wonders of psychology. John Kennell and Marshall and Phyllis Klaus bring decades of research, insight, and clinical practice into one book that offers parents, and those who care for them during pregnancy, everything they need to know to enhance this essential relationship. This important work explores the effects of various birth practices and situations,prenatal testing, labour support, testing of newborns, breast feeding, prematurity, and adoption,on the parents' feelings and on the development of later attachment and independence.

About the Author
Marshall H. Klaus, M.D., internationally known neonatologist and researcher, is the author or coauthor of several standard works in the field, including Bonding, Care of the High Risk Newborn, and Mothering the Mother. He teaches pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Phyllis H. Klaus, C.S.W., M.F.C.C., teaches and practices psychotherapy at the Erikson Institute in Santa Rosa and practices in Berkeley, California. She is coauthor of Mothering the Mother, and Bonding.


Book Information
ISBN 9780201441987
Author John Kennell
Format Paperback
Page Count 268
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publisher Hachette Books
Weight(grams) 380g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 153mm * 16mm