The Battle over Birth: Unpacking the Contested Space of Childbirth (1) (Routledge Research in Nursing and Midwifery)

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Synopsis
Childbirth is a site of ongoing struggle over meaning, authority, regulation and control. This edited collection offers critical perspectives on current challenges in birth care by exploring how birth is shaped by competing epistemologies: medical, cultural, experiential and political.The book addresses analytically and theoretically some of the many negotiations, tensions, contestations and dilemmas with regard to care practices as well as birthing experiences. Moreover, the book reflects on how these challenges can be grasped as dilemmas moving beyond the often-declared dichotomy between medical and midwifery models of care or natural versus medical birth. The chapters are authored by researchers within the fields of social and human sciences, located geographical in different countries within different historical, organisational and political birth care settings.The book is oriented to not only scholars and students with interest into birth care but also practitioners and stakeholders politically and professionally engaged in the development of maternity care practices and settings.
Copyright:
2026

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
180 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040453568
Related ISBNs:
9781040453544, 9781003507680, 9781032830858
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Nicole Thualagant and Katja Schrøder
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Nicole Thualagant
Edited by:
Katja Schrøder

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