(Ebook PDF) Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture 1st Edition by Elizabeth Newnham 3319699628 9783319699622 full chapters

Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture 1st Edition by Elizabeth Newnham – Ebook PDF Instant Download/DeliveryISBN:  3319699628, 9783319699622 

Full download Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture 1st Edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN-10 :  3319699628 

ISBN-13 :  9783319699622

Author: Elizabeth Newnham 

This book examines the future of birthing practices, particularly by focusing on epidural analgesia in childbirth. It describes historical and cultural trajectories that have shaped the way in which birth is understood in Western, developed nations. In setting out the nature of epidural history, knowledge and practice, the book delves into related birth practices within the hospital setting. By critically examining these practices, which are embedded in a scientific discourse that rationalises and relies upon technology use, the authors argue that epidural analgesia has been positioned as a safe technology in contemporary maternity culture, despite it carrying particular risks. In examining alternative research the book proposes that increasing epidural rates are not only due to greater pain relief requirements or access but are influenced by technocratic values and a fragmented maternity system. The authors outline the way in which this epidural discourse influences how information is presented to women and how this affects their choices around the use of pain relief in labour.

Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture 1st Table of contents:

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

People also search for Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture 1st:

human birth rights
    
evolution of human birth
    
birth humanity
    
evolution of birth
    
feminism in the birthmark

Tags:

Towards,Humanisation,Birth A study,epidural analgesia,hospital birth culture,Elizabeth Newnham