Risk, Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISBN-13: 9780367142445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 190 str.

Kirstie Coxon; Mandie Scamell; Andy Alaszewski

Opis

Over the last hundred years, pregnancy and childbirth has become increasingly safe – yet it is still a site of risk, and a contested ground on which health professionals and pregnant women both face high costs of error. This publication brings together fascinating social science research to explore the ways in which risk is both created and managed in pregnancy and childbirth. This book brings together editorials and articles originally published in special and open issues of Health, Risk and Society.

Spis treści

1. Risk in pregnancy and birth: are we talking to ourselves?  2. Pregnancy, birth and risk: an introduction  3. ‘Knowledge is power’: risk and the moral responsibilities of the expectant mother at the turn of the twentieth century  4. ‘I don’t think it’s risky, but...’: pregnant women’s risk perceptions of maternal drinking and smoking  5. The risk of being ‘too honest’: drug use, stigma and pregnancy  6. ‘Why take chances?’ Advice on alcohol intake to pregnant and non-pregnant women in four Nordic countries  7. To what extent are women free to choose where to give birth? How discourses of risk, blame and responsibility influence birth place decisions  8. Negotiating risky bodies: childbirth and constructions of risk  9. Pluralist risk cultures: the sociology of childbirth in Vanuatu  10. Time, risk and midwife practice: the vaginal examination  11. Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine  12. Fateful moments and the categorisation of risk: Midwifery practice and the ever-narrowing window of normality during childbirth