Birthing autonomy : women's experiences of planning home births / Nadine Pilley Edwards.
"This book is the first in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them. The book compares how differently the pros and cons of home births are constructed and contemplated by mothers and by the medical profession, and looks at how current...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Park Oxfordshire ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Summary: | "This book is the first in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them. The book compares how differently the pros and cons of home births are constructed and contemplated by mothers and by the medical profession, and looks at how current obstetric thinking and practices can disempower and harm women emotionally and spiritually as well as physically." "The book will be enlightening for student and practising 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 305 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415354080 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415354099 (pbk. : alk. paper) |