Towards the Humanisation of Birth

A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-88868-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Uses epidural analgesia as the lens for analysis of the current ontological and epistemological debates in maternity care 

Examines key sociological and philosophical debates in current maternity care practice and provision, with a view to influencing the design and provision of such care in the future


Tracks historical developments in the field as the background to the wider debates to be addressed in the text

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newnham, Elizabeth

Pincombe, Jan

McKellar, Lois

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Epidural in Context.- 3. The Politics of Birth.- 4. Institutional Culture: Discipline and Resistance.- 5. A Dialectic of Risk.- 6. A Circle of Trust.- 7. Closing the Circle.

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Newnham is a midwife academic at Trinity College Dublin, whose research interests centre on cultural and political analysis of birthing practice and the role of midwives in promoting physiological and humanised birth. 
Lois McKellar is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of South Australia and an advocate for improving the well-being of women and their families through collaborative research and education. 
Jan Pincombe is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives. She is one of 4 editors for the first midwifery textbook in Australia and New Zealand for practicing and student midwives.