Birth Crisis (Paperback, New edition)

When a woman is denied all choice - feels as if she has been swallowed up by a vast machine and spat out at the other end with a baby - how can she come to terms with that ordeal? One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. In Birth Crisis Sheila Kitzinger explores the disempowerment and anxiety experienced by these women. Key topics discussed include: increasing intervention in pregnancy; the shift in emphasis from relationships to technology in childbirth; how family, friends and professional caregivers can reach out to traumatized mothers; how women can work through stress to understand themselves more deeply and grow in emotional maturity; how care and the medical system needs to be changed. Birth Crisis draws on mothers' voices and real-life experiences to explore the suffering after childbirth which has, until now, been brushed under the carpet. It is a fascinating and useful resource for student and practicing midwives, all health professionals, and women and their families who want to learn how to overcome a traumatic birth.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Sheila Kitzinger
Dimensions:	234 x 158 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	191
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-37266-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Paediatric medicine > Neonatal medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Promotions
LSN:	0-415-37266-6
Barcode:	9780415372664

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