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The social context of birth / edited by Caroline Squire.
Holman Biotech Commons RG652 .S63 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Social aspects.
- Childbirth.
- Pregnant women--Social conditions--20th century.
- Pregnant women.
- Women--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women.
- Parturition--psychology.
- Maternal Health Services.
- Maternal Welfare.
- Pregnancy--psychology.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Pregnant women--Social conditions.
- Medical Subjects:
- Parturition--psychology.
- Maternal Health Services.
- Maternal Welfare.
- Pregnancy--psychology.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, UK : Radcliffe Medical Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- All babies are born into a social context and all women give birth within a social context. This is often neglected in the relentiessly technocratic modern oulture of childbirth. This book provides many valuable insights for midwives, nurses, obstetricians and health visitors into the many different lives, experiences and expectations of women in their childbearing years. This comprehensive guide provides an understanding of the impact of social circumstances on women giving birth, their babies, and families in the 21st Century. Written by a team of experienced midwives and health professionals, it also covers contentious areas of maternity care, such as new reproductive technologies and the concept of fetal surveillance. Overall, it provides an essential understanding of how social issues can affect the birth process.
- Contents:
- 1 Women and society / Caroline Squire 1
- 2 Women and sex / Sandy Nelson 21
- 3 Women and poverty / Kate H Beverley 37
- 4 The family / Val Dunn-Toroosian 57
- 5 'Race' and ethnicity / Dave Sookhoo 77
- 6 Refugee women / Jo James 93
- 7 Domestic violence / Sally Price 107
- 8 Female genital mutilation / Comfort Momoh 121
- 9 Transition to motherhood / Nicola Winson 137
- 10 Maternal infant attachment / Cathy Rowan 153
- 11 The medicalisation of childbirth / Alyson Henley-Einion 173
- 12 Social support and childbirth / Christine McCourt 187
- 13 Fathers and childbirth / Tim Blackshaw 211
- 14 Unhappiness after childbirth / Christine Grabowska 233
- 15 Childbirth and sexual abuse during childhood / Caroline Squire 247
- 16 The new reproductive technologies: threat or opportunity? / Marilyn Crawshaw 265
- 17 Fetal surveillance / Christine Grabowska 283
- 18 Breastfeeding: a natural phenomenon or a cultural construct? / Cathryn Britton 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1857755545
- OCLC:
- 51194101
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