Women's birthing bodies and the law : unauthorised intimate examinations, power, and vulnerability / edited by Camilla Pickles and Jonathan Herring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pickles, Camilla, editor.

Herring, Jonathan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informed consent (Medical law).

Pregnant women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Pregnant women.

Medical examinations.

Obstetrics--Law and legislation.

Obstetrics.

Physician and patient.

Childbirth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This is the first book to unpack the legal and ethical issues surrounding unauthorised intimate examinations during labour. The book uses feminist, socio-legal and philosophical tools to explore the issues of power, vulnerability and autonomy. The collection challenges the perception that the law adequately addresses different manifestations of unauthorised medical touch through the lens of women's experiences of unauthorised vaginal examinations during labour. The book unearths several broader themes that are of huge significance to lawyers and healthcare professionals such as the legal status of women and their bodies. The book raises questions about women's experiences during childbirth in hospital settings. It explores the status of women's bodies during labour and childbirth where too easily they become objectified, and it raises important issues around consent. The book highlights links to the law on sexual offences and women's loss of power under the medical gaze. The book includes contributions from leading feminist philosophers, medical professionals, and academics in medicine and law, and offers pioneering analysis relevant to lawyers and healthcare professionals with an interest in medical law and ethics; feminist theory; criminal law; tort law; and human rights law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Camilla Pickles and Jonathan Herring

Non-consented vaginal examinations : the birthrights and AIMS perspective / Rebecca Brione

Silence, acquiescence or consent : interpreting women's responses to intimate examinations / Elsa Montgomery

Female genital examination and autonomy in medicine / Neda Taghinejadi and Brenda Kelly

When a uterus enters the room, reason goes out the window / Stella Villarmea

Human rights and gender stereotypes in childbirth / Christina Zampas

How should the performance of periparturient vaginal examinations be regulated? / Charles Foster

Including the victim's perspective : can vaginal examinations ever be sexual assaults? / Catarina Sjölin

When 'battery' is not enough : exposing the gaps in unauthorised vaginal examinations during labour as a crime of battery / Camilla Pickles

Implied consent and vaginal examination in pregnancy / Jonathan Herring

Troubling consent : pain and pressure in labour and childbirth / Claire Murray

Redressing unauthorised vaginal examinations through litigation / Andrea Mulligan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Other Format:

Print version: Women's birthing bodies and the law

ISBN:

9781509937608

1509937609

9781509937592

1509937595

9781509937585

1509937587

OCLC:

1159658133