Women, Power, and Childbirth : A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center
KATHLEEN. TURKEL
Bok Engelsk 1995 · Electronic books.
| Annen tittel | |
|---|---|
| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 1995.
|
| Omfang | 1 online resource (182 p.)
|
| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Technocratic Ideology and the Medical Marginalization of Motherhood and Birth; 3 The Medical Model; 4 The Midwifery Approach to Birth; 5 Free-Standing Birth Centers; 6 Case Study: The Founding of a Free-Standing Birth Center; 7 The Operation of the Birth Center; 8 The Birth Center and the Medical Model: Accommodation and Resistance; 9 Reappropriating Birth; Bibliography; Index. - Based on her 12 year study of a free-standing birth center, Turkel analyzes the medical model of childbirth in contrast to the midwifery model. In the medical model of birth, women are defined as patients and birth takes place in hospitals where women have little, if any, control over their experience. The midwifery model views birth as a healthy process where midwives act as teachers and guides for women during pregnancy and birth, helping women and their families to shape and define their experience to meet their needs and expectations. Under existing legal and cultural circumstances, free-s
|
| Emner | Birthing centers - Case studies - United States
Childbirth - Political aspects - United States Childbirth - Social aspects - United States Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Vis mer... Behavioral Sciences
Disciplines and Occupations Health Care Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Health Facilities Health Occupations Midwifery Nursing Psychiatry and Psychology Social Sciences Sociology Sociology, Medical Specialties, Nursing Birthing centers -- United States -- Case studies. Gynecology & Obstetrics Health & Biological Sciences Medicine kvinner fødsel fødeklinikker forente stater |
| Sjanger | |
| Dewey | |
| ISBN | 0897893174
|
