The Midwife And Society
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Author |
: Sheila C. Hunt |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 1996-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349136544 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349136549 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Midwife and Society by : Sheila C. Hunt
Applying sociological theories to midwifery practice, this clear and accessible book offers a broad review of relevant social policies and their philosophy and effects especially on child-bearing women, as well as exploring the social meaning of concepts such as motherhood, fatherhood, professionalisation and the role of the state.
Author |
: Hilary Marland |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2002-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134785995 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134785992 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midwives, Society and Childbirth by : Hilary Marland
Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale. Focusing on six countries from Europe, the approach is interdisciplinary with the studies written by a diverse team of social, medical and midwifery historians, sociologists, and those with experience in delivering childbirth services. Questioning for the first time many conventional historical assumptions, this book is fundamental to a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science in general and obstetric science in particular from the late nineteenth century. The contributors challenge the traditional bleak picture of midwives' decline in the face of institutional obstetrics, medical technology, and the growing power of the medical profession, while stressing the importance of regional influences and locality. Dr Anne Marie Rafferty, Philadelphia, Dr Hilary Marland, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Dr Irvine Louden, Oxfordshire, Joan Mottram, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medic
Author |
: Jean Towler |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2023-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000853551 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000853551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midwives in History and Society by : Jean Towler
Originally published in 1986, this book examines the history of midwifery, concentrating on 19th and 20th Century Britain. It shows how the evolution of the midwife has been influenced by cultural waves which started in the Near East and Egypt in pre-classical times and slowly spread Northwards and Eastwards over Europe. The authors emphasize the effects of specialization and professionalization upon midwifery and also the influence of male authority and interest group politics. The evolution of the educated qualified midwife of the 20th Century is recorded, leading up to the ongoing debates about high technology birth vis-à-vis natural birth and home deliveries.
Author |
: Chris Bohjalian |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 2002-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400032976 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400032970 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midwives by : Chris Bohjalian
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This modern classic from the author of The Flight Attendant is a compulsively readable novel that explores questions of human responsibility that are as fundamental to our society now as they were when the book was first published. A selection of Oprah's original Book Club that has sold more than two million copies. On an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a baby’s life. She performs an emergency cesarean section on a mother she believes has died of stroke. But what if—as Sibyl's assistant later charges—the patient wasn't already dead? The ensuing trial bears the earmarks of a witch hunt, forcing Sibyl to face the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience. Exploring the complex and emotional decisions surrounding childbirth, Midwives engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels ever do. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!
Author |
: Patricia Lindsay |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2015-07-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317744047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317744047 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice by : Patricia Lindsay
Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice makes clear the links between social, anthropological and psychological concepts, midwifery practice and women’s experience of birth. Demonstrating how empathising with women and understanding the context in which they live can affect childbirth outcomes and experiences, this evidence-based text emphasises the importance of compassionate and humane care in midwifery practice. Exploring midwifery as an art, as well as a science, the authors collected here make the case for midwives as professionals working ‘with women’ rather than as birth technicians, taking a purely competency-based approach to practice. The book incorporates a range of pedagogical features to enhance student learning, including overall chapter aims and learning outcomes, ‘recommendations for practice’, ‘learning triggers’ to encourage the reader to delve deeper and reflect on practice, ‘application to practice’ case studies which ensure that the theory is related to contemporary practice, and a glossary of terms. The chapters cover perspectives on birth from sociology; psychology; anthropology; law; social policy and politics. Other chapters address important issues such as disability, politics and sexuality. Outlining relevant theory from the social sciences and clearly applying it to practice, this text is an essential read for all student midwives, registered midwives and doulas.
Author |
: Edwin R. Van Teijlingen |
Publisher |
: Nova Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1594540314 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781594540318 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midwifery and the Medicalization of Childbirth by : Edwin R. Van Teijlingen
This book provides an introduction to the sociological study of midwifery. The readings have been selected to highlight the interplay between midwifery and medicine, reflecting the medicalization of childbirth. It highlights the major themes in both a historical and a current context, as well as western and non-western societies. Two major themes underlie the organization of this book: that the conception of midwifery must be broadened to encompass a sociological perspective; and that the ongoing trend toward the medicalization of midwifery is crucial to an understanding of the historical, current, and future status of midwifery. By medicalization of childbirth and midwifery the author mean the increasing tendency for women to prefer a hospital delivery to a home delivery, the increasing trend toward the use of technology and clinical intervention in childbirth, and the determination of medical practitioners to confine the role played by midwives in pregnancy and childbirth, if any, to a purely subordinate one.
Author |
: Christine McCourt |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 184545586X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781845455866 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time by : Christine McCourt
All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control, but also actively attempt to change established forms of thinking and practice. The stories are engaging as well as critical and invite the reader to think afresh about time, and about reproduction.
Author |
: Susan Klein |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 527 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0230021034 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780230021037 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Book for Midwives by : Susan Klein
Author |
: Hilary Marland |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2002-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134786008 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113478600X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Midwives, Society and Childbirth by : Hilary Marland
Questioning many conventional historical assumptions, this text seeks to provide a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science, particularly obstetric science in the 20th century.
Author |
: Sheila C. Hunt |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 1995-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349134113 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349134112 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Social Meaning of Midwifery by : Sheila C. Hunt
Many books exist illustrating the power structure of the medical professional, which is male gendered, and its significance for women within this. No study has so far tackled the relationship between women as child birth professionals and women as mothers. The attitude of the midwife towards the labour ward is examined. How the mother is marginalised by the managerial role taken on by the midwife towards the production process (childbirth) and the object of production (child) is the main focus of this book. The stream of feminist orientation, which is said to run through a section of the midwifery profession, is examined.