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Birthing autonomy : women's experiences of planning home births / Nadine Pilley Edwards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 305 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134258833
  • 1134258836
  • 0203000838
  • 9780203000830
  • 1299458556
  • 9781299458550
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Birthing autonomy.DDC classification:
  • 618.2 22
LOC classification:
  • RG661.5 .E39 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • 2005 K-240
  • WQ 155
Online resources:
Contents:
Home birth? : what's the problem? -- What do we know? : what does she know? : does anyone know anything? -- How have we got here? : historical and current perspectives -- What's safe and what's risky? -- 'What I really need is support' : relationships between women and midwives -- 'They think it's best' : the ethical implications of obstetrics -- Where now?
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-297) and index.

Home birth? : what's the problem? -- What do we know? : what does she know? : does anyone know anything? -- How have we got here? : historical and current perspectives -- What's safe and what's risky? -- 'What I really need is support' : relationships between women and midwives -- 'They think it's best' : the ethical implications of obstetrics -- Where now?

Print version record.

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.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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