The Social Context of Birth

Caroline Squire (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2003
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-554-1 (ISBN)

Infos

All babies are born into a social context and all women give birth within a social context. This is often neglected in the technocratic modern culture of childbirth. This title provides insights for midwives, nurses, obstetricians and health visitors into the many different lives, experiences and expectations of women in their childbearing years. Providing an understanding of the impact of social circumstances on women giving birth, their babies and families in the 21st century, this title explains to midwives and other health professionals how social issues, such as domestic violence, race and poverty, can affect the birth progress. It features contributions from experienced midwives and professionals with relevant academic backgrounds and examines reproductive technologies in this context.

Inhalt

Women in society * Women and sex * Women and poverty * The family * Race and ethnicity * Refugees * Domestic violence * Female genital mutilation * Transitions in childbirth * Maternal and infant attachement * Medicalisation of childbirth * Social support * Fathers and childbirth * Unhappiness and childbirth * Birth following sexual abuse in childhood * The New Reproductive Technologies * Fetal surveillance * Breastfeeding

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-85775-554-5 / 1857755545
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85775-554-1 / 9781857755541
• Zustand: Neuware