Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Midwifery & the Medicalization of Childbirth
- Comparative Perspectives
Engelsk Paperback
Midwifery & the Medicalization of Childbirth
- Comparative Perspectives
Engelsk Paperback

1.327 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
23 - 25 hverdage

Om denne bog
This book provides an introduction to the sociological study of midwifery. The readings have been selected to highlight the interplay between midwifery and medicine, reflecting the medicalisation of childbirth. It highlights the major themes in both a historical and a current context, as well as western and non-western societies. Two major themes underlie the organisation of this book: that the conception of midwifery must be broadened to encompass a sociological perspective; and that the ongoing trend toward the medicalisation of midwifery is crucial to an understanding of the historical, current, and future status of midwifery. By medicalisation of childbirth and midwifery the author mean the increasing tendency for women to prefer a hospital delivery to a home delivery, the increasing trend toward the use of technology and clinical intervention in childbirth, and the determination of medical practitioners to confine the role played by midwives in pregnancy and childbirth, if any, to a purely subordinate one.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
393
ISBN-13:
9781594540318
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1594540314
Udg. Dato:
1 aug 2004
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
162mm
Højde:
236mm
Forlag:
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Oplagsdato:
1 aug 2004
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge