Birthing Autonomy: Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births - Softcover

Edwards, Nadine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415354099 ISBN 13: 9780415354097

Verlag: Routledge, 2005

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Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women's views and their experiences of planning home births. It provides an in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them. Comparing how differently the pros and cons of home births are constructed and contemplated by mothers and by the medical profession, the book looks at how current obstetric thinking and practices can disempower and harm women emotionally and spiritually as well as physically. Written in an accessible style, this book is enlightening for student and practicing midwives and obstetricians, as well as researchers and students of nursing, medical sociology, health studies, gender studies, feminist practitioners and theorists. It will also be invaluable to expectant mothers who want to be more informed about the choices they are facing and the wider context within which their birth options are considered.

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Nadine Pilley Edwards has worked with AIMS since 1980. She is a part-time research associate at the University of Sheffield, and lectures and writes on maternity issues in the UK and overseas. She has written numerous articles and chapters on relationships between women and midwives, informed choice, safety and risk, and research methods.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415354099
• ISBN 13: 9780415354097
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316
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