Obstetricians speak : on training, practice, fear, and transformation / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis-Floyd, Robbie, editor.

Premkumar, Ashish, editor.

Series:

Anthropology of obstetrics and obstetricians ; v. 2.

The Anthropology of obstetrics and obstetricians : the practice, maintenance, and reproduction of a biomedical profession ; volume I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obstetrics.

Obstetricians--Biography.

Obstetricians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 307 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2023.

Summary:

"For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession. These stories range from those of abortion providers to those of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Several chapters tell the stories of obstetricians who have made paradigm shifts from technocratic to humanistic practices, the benefits and joys of these paradigm shifts, and the ostracism, bullying, and outright persecution these humanistic obstetricians have suffered. This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand the ideologies and motives of individual obstetricians"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Series Overview. The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar

Introduction to Volume I. Obstetricians Speak / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar

On Becoming an Abortion Provider in the United States: An Autoethnographic Account / Scott Moses

Abortion, Professional Identity, and Generational Meaning Making among US Ob/Gyns / Rebecca Henderson, Chu J. Hsiao, and Jody Steinauer

My Transformation from an Obstetrician to a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialist: Autoethnographic Thoughts on Situated Knowledges and Habitus / Ashish Premkumar

Cold Steel and Sunshine: Ethnographic and Autoethnographic Perspectives on Two Obstetric Careers in the United States from across the Chasm / Kathleen Hanlon-Lundberg

An Awakening / Jesanna Cooper

Repercussions of a Paradigm Shift in the Professional and Personal Life of a Brazilian Obstetrician / Rosana Fontes.

The Bullying and Persecution of a Humanistic/ Holistic Obstetrician in Brazil: The Benefits and Costs of My Paradigm Shift / Ricardo Herbert Jones

Hungarian Birth Models Seen through the Prism of Prison: The Journey of Ágnes Geréb / Ágnes Geréb and Katalin Fábián

Adopting the Midwifery Model of Care in India / Evita Fernandez

"Birth with No Regret" in Turkey: The Natural Childbirth of the 21st Century / Hakan Çoker

Attempting to Maintain a Positive Awareness about Vaginal Breech Birth in Australia / Andrew Bisits

Mixing Modalities in My Technocratic/Humanistic Obstetric Practice: Ideology and Rationales / Marco Gianotti

How an Obstetrician Promoted Respectful Care in Canada and in the World / André Lalonde

Conclusions. What Have We Learned from Obstetricians? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80758-503-4

1-80073-829-3

OCLC:

1372138379