Cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics : anthropological analyses and critiques of obstetricians' practices / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis-Floyd, Robbie, editor.

Premkumar, Ashish, editor.

Series:

The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: the Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession Series

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obstetrics.

Obstetricians.

Cesarean section.

Medical anthropology.

Manners and customs.

Physician's Role.

Cesarean Section.

Anthropology, Medical.

Cultural Characteristics.

Medical Subjects:

Obstetrics.

Obstetricians.

Physician's Role.

Cesarean Section.

Anthropology, Medical.

Cultural Characteristics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 324 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.

Summary:

"This volume contains social science analyses of Swiss, Chilean, Mexican, US, Greek, and Irish obstetrics and obstetricians, particularly around their reasons for the overuse of cesareans; a chapter on "4 Stages of Cognition" and a condition called "Substage," which describes how these concepts apply to obstetricians; and a chapter on why obstetricians fear home birth. This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand obstetricians' differing ideologies and motives for practicing as they do"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. An Overview of This Volume and of Significant Concepts Used / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar

Open and Closed Knowledge Systems, the 4 Stages of Cognition, and the Obstetric Management of Birth / Robbie Davis-Floyd

From "Mastership" to Active Management of Labor : The Culture of Irish Obstetrics and Obstetricians / Margaret Dunlea, Martina Hynan, Jo Murphy-Lawless, Magdalena Ohaja, Malgorzata Stach and Jeannine Webster

Becoming an Obstetrician in Greece : Medical Training, Informal Scripts, and the Routinization of Cesarean Birth / Eugenia Georges

"Physiologic Birth Implies Economic Damage": Financial Incentives for the Performance of Cesareans in Chile / Michelle Sadler and Gonzalo Leiva

The Introduction of the "Gentle Cesarean" in Swiss Hospitals : A Conversation with One of Its Pioneers / Caroline Chautems, Irene Maffi, and Alexandre Farin

Scoring Women, Calculating Risk : The MFMU VBAC Calculator / Nicholas Rubashkin

On Risk and Responsibility : Contextualizing Practice among Mexican Obstetricians / Vania Smith-Oka and Lydia Z. Dixon

Crossing Bodily, Social, and Intimate Boundaries : How Class, Ethnic, and Gender Differences Are Reproduced in Medical Training in Mexico / Vania Smith-Oka and Megan K. Marshalla

The Limitations of Understanding Structural Inequality: Obstetricians' Accounts of Caring for Substance-Using Patients in the United States / Katharine McCabe

Contraceptive Provision by Obstetricians/Gynecologists in the United States : Biases, Misperceptions, and Barriers to an Essential Reproductive Health Service / Melissa Goldin Evans

Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility : Home Birth and Why Obstetricians Fear It / Amali U. Lokugamage and Claire Feeley

Conclusions. Concepts, Conceptual Frameworks, and Lessons Learned / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Davis-Floyd, Robbie Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics

ISBN:

9781800738324

1800738323

OCLC:

1379482515