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The social context of birth / edited by Caroline Squire.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Social aspects.
- Childbirth.
- Pregnant women--Social conditions.
- Pregnant women.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- No woman has an "uneventful pregnancy" - a phrase which is commonly heard in western medical birth settings in the UK. Each woman births her child within a social context of her own. Midwives and other health care professionals need to have a deep understanding of the various lives childbearing women live in order to support them insightfully and practise in a nuanced manner.
- Contents:
- chapter 1 Women and society / Caroline Squire
- chapter 2 Women and sex / Sandy. Nelson
- chapter 3 Women, poverty and childbirth / Caroline. Squire
- chapter 4 The family / Valentine. Dunn-Toroosian
- chapter 5 'Race', ethnicity, culture and childbirth / Caroline. Squire
- chapter 6 Asylum seeking and refugee women / Caroline. Squire
- chapter 7 Domestic violence in pregnancy / Caroline. Squire
- chapter 8 Female genital mutilation / Comfort. Momoh
- chapter 9 Transition to motherhood / Nicola. Winson
- chapter 10 Maternal-infant attachment / Cathy. Rowan
- chapter 11 The medicalisation of childbirth / Alys. Einion
- chapter 12 The socialisation of student midwives
- Rewriting the landscape / Einion. Alys
- chapter 13 Social support and childbirth / Christine. McCourt
- chapter 14 Unhappiness after childbirth / Christine. Grabowska
- chapter 15 Childbirth and sexual abuse during childhood / Caroline. Squire
- chapter 16 Teenage motherhood / Louise. Hunter
- chapter 17 Women in prison / Julie. Jones
- chapter 18 Assisted conception
- Threat or opportunity? / Marilyn. Crawshaw
- chapter 19 Fetal surveillance / Christine. Grabowska
- chapter 20 Breastfeeding
- A natural phenomenon or a cultural construct? / Cathryn. Britton
- chapter 21 Experiencing disability / Harriet. Clarke.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781315378077
- 9781498797092
- OCLC:
- 983723326
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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