The Social Context of Birth - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846192536 ISBN 13: 9781846192531

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Greatly expanded, revised and updated, with an entirely new chapter on disability, The Social Context of Birth, Second Edition provides an essential understanding of how social issues affect midwives, the birth process and motherhood. Childbirth is much more than a biological event or a set of case notes. No-one has an uneventful pregnancy, and women seek narratives through which they can explain and try to make sense of what has happened to them. This is often neglected in the relentlessly technocratic modern culture of childbirth. Appreciating the social context surrounding an individual enriches the understanding a midwife must have if she is to work successfully alongside a woman and her family throughout a pregnancy and birth in an insightful, intelligent and informed manner. This comprehensive guide provides countless valuable insights for midwives, nurses, obstetricians and health visitors into the many different lives, experiences and expectations of women in their childbearing years, their babies and families in the 21st Century. Written by a team of highly experienced health professionals, it also covers contentious areas of maternity care, such as new reproductive technologies and fetal surveillance.

About this title

About the Author

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Thames Valley University, London

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846192536
• ISBN 13: 9781846192531
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Squire Caroline