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By Stephen R. Kandall, with the assistance of Jennifer Petrillo. 353 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1996. $29.95. ISBN 0-674-85360-1.

As a neonatologist specializing in the treatment of drug-exposed babies, Dr. Stephen Kandall was asked to testify for the defense in the case of Jennifer Johnson, a young woman charged with "delivery" of a controlled substance, cocaine, to her baby through the umbilical cord. His distress at the outcome of the case — Johnson was convicted — moved Dr. Kandall to write this book.

Substance and Shadow presents a social history of addiction in women, including the evolution of attitudes and treatments, and a policy prescription for the care of addicted women. As a historical account, the book succeeds. It . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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