Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law - Exploring Issues of Violence and Control (Hardcover)

This book is inspired by a statement released by the World Health Organization directed at preventing and eliminating disrespectful and abusive treatment during facility-based childbirth. Exploring the nature of vulnerability during childbirth, and the factors which make childbirth a site for violence and control, the book looks at the role of law in the regulation of professional intervention in childbirth. The WHO statement and other published work on 'mistreatment', 'obstetric violence', 'birth trauma', 'birth rape', and 'dehumanised care' all point to the presence of vulnerability, violence, and control in childbirth. This collected edition explores these issues in the experience of those giving birth, and for those providing obstetric services. It further offers insights regarding legal avenues of redress in the context of this emerging area of concern. Using violence, vulnerability, and control as a lens through which to consider multiple facets of the law, the book brings together innovative research from an interdisciplinary selection of authors. The book will appeal to scholars of law and legal academics, specifically in relation to tort, criminal law, medical law, and human rights. It will also be of interest to postgraduate scholars of medical ethics and those concerned with gender studies more broadly.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Camilla Pickles • Jonathan Herring
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-33549-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General
LSN:	1-138-33549-5
Barcode:	9781138335493

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