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The social context of birth / edited by Caroline Squire.

Contributor(s): Squire, Caroline [editor.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xvii, 346 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785231254 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Childbirth -- Social aspects | Birth customs | Midwifery -- Social aspects | Pregnant women -- Social conditions | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 618.2 Summary: No woman has an 'uneventful pregnancy' - a phrase which is commonly heard in western medical birth settings in the UK. Each woman births her child within a social context of her own. Midwives and other health care professionals need to have a deep understanding of the various lives childbearing women live in order to support them insightfully and practise in a nuanced manner. This edition, has been revised, updated and enlarged to provide an essential understanding of the different lives women live and in which they birth their children.

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Previous edition: Abingdon: Radcliffe, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

No woman has an 'uneventful pregnancy' - a phrase which is commonly heard in western medical birth settings in the UK. Each woman births her child within a social context of her own. Midwives and other health care professionals need to have a deep understanding of the various lives childbearing women live in order to support them insightfully and practise in a nuanced manner. This edition, has been revised, updated and enlarged to provide an essential understanding of the different lives women live and in which they birth their children.

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