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Navigating Miscarriage: Social, Medical and Conceptual Perspectives: 45 (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural P) - Softcover

Book 33 of 33: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
 
9781800736313: Navigating Miscarriage: Social, Medical and Conceptual Perspectives: 45 (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural P)

Synopsis

Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists, historians and medical professionals. Contributors use rich ethnographic and historical material to discuss how pregnancy loss is managed and negotiated in a range of societies. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarriage is experienced and perceived.

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About the Authors

Susie Kilshaw is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London. Her publications include Pregnancy and Miscarriage in Qatar: Women, Reproduction and the State (2020, I.B. Tauris) and Impotent Warriors: Gulf War Syndrome, Vulnerability and Masculinity (2009, Berghahn).



Katie Borg has completed field work on traditional healers in the Namitembo district near Zomba in Malawi. She currently works as an asthma nurse specialist for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as clinical research nurse at the University of Oxford.

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