Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A Study of Epidural Analgesia and Hospital Birth Culture

ISBN-13: 9783319699615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 266 str.

Elizabeth Newnham; Lois McKellar; Jan Pincombe

Opis

This book examines the future of birthing practices, particularly by focusing on epidural analgesia in childbirth.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. The Epidural in Context

3. The Politics of Birth

4. Institutional Culture: Discipline and Resistance

5. A Dialectic of Risk

6. A Circle of Trust

7. Closing the Circle

O autorze

Elizabeth Newnham is a midwife academic at Trinity College Dublin, whose research interests centre on cultural and political analysis of birthing practice and the role of midwives in promoting physiological and humanised birth. 

Lois McKellar is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of South Australia and an advocate for improving the well-being of women and their families through collaborative research and education. 

Jan Pincombe is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives. She is one of 4 editors for the first midwifery textbook in Australia and New Zealand for practicing and student midwives.