Childbirth in the Global Village: Implications for Midwifery Education and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415275521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str.

Paul Levinson; Dawn Hillier; Dawn Hiller

Opis

Is the experience of childbirth becoming globalized? Is the encroachment of the western medical model dehumanizing a profoundly human experience? If so, what can midwives and midwife educators do about it? These are the questions at the heart of this text which highlights the role that globalization plays in changing childbirth practices and its implications for midwifery practice and education.

Spis treści

1. Autobiographical Beginnings 2. Conceptual Framework 3. The Defining Characteristics of Globalisation 4. The Nature of Modernity: Society, Development and Risk 5. Childbirth in Africa: Characterising African Rural and Urban Society 6. Childbirth in Malaysia 7. American Women in Childbirth 8. Women in Childbirth in England 9. Symbolic Exchanges in Childbirth: Reflections from the Case Studies 10. Symbolic Exchanges in Childbirth : The Influence of Science and Medicine 11. Cultural Implications for Midwifery Education and Practice 12. The Midwifery Curriculum 13. Conclusions and Recommendations

O autorze

Hillier, Dawn