Choice, Control and Contemporary Childbirth - Understanding Through Women's Stories (Paperback, 1 New Ed)

Current maternity policy advocates choice and control for women in maternity care, and promotes women as active childbirth consumers and decision-makers. However, evidence that women receive true choice within contemporary maternity services is lacking, and continued and pervasive barriers to choice continue to have profound consequences for many. Choice, Control and Contemporary Childbirth explores the narrative childbirth experiences of a group of women, outlining current policy and providing an overview of the relevant discourses to which women are exposed when making choices for maternity care. This book is unique in presenting narratives that reveal varying identities for women across their maternity exerience, illustrating how maternity choices are simulataneously promised and constrained. It provides practitioners, service providers and policymakers in maternity care, and all those with an interest in birth provision, with profound insights into both women's experiences of childbirth and how choices can be better facilitated in future. 'Maternal choice and control are a challenge in contemporary society, with the changing demography of the population, the rising birth rate and financial constraints. Collecting this diverse information in one publication is timely and an invaluable resource for the practising and academically active midwives, obstetricians and health service managers.' - From the Foreword by Tina Lavender

General

Imprint:	Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Julie Jomeen • Lura L. Pethtel
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
Edition:	1 New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84619-237-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Midwifery > General
LSN:	1-84619-237-4
Barcode:	9781846192371

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