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Birthing Autonomy Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)

Birthing Autonomy By Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)

Birthing Autonomy by Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)


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An in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them.

Birthing Autonomy Summary

Birthing Autonomy: Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births by Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)

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.

Birthing Autonomy Reviews

'If you've felt disempowered by the birthing profession in your choice to home birth, you'll no doubt find a great ally in this book' - The Mother

About Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)

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.

Table of Contents

1. Home birth? What's the problem 2. What do we know? What does she know? Can anyone know anything? 3. How have we got here? Historical and current perspectives 4. What's safe and what's risky? 5. 'What I really need is support': Relationships between women and midwives 6. 'They think it's best': The ethical implications of obstetrics 7. Where now?

Additional information

NPB9780415354080
9780415354080
0415354080
Birthing Autonomy: Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births by Nadine Edwards (University of Edinburgh, UK.)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2005-07-21
310
N/A
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