The Social Meaning of Midwifery

Sheila C. Hunt, Anthea Symonds (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

1994
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-60877-7 (ISBN)

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Many books exist illustrating the power structure of the medical professional, which is male gendered, and its significance for women within this. No study has so far tackled the relationship between women as child birth professionals and women as mothers. The attitude of the midwife towards the labour ward is examined. How the mother is marginalised by the managerial role taken on by the midwife towards the production process (childbirth) and the object of production (child) is the main focus of this book. The stream of feminist orientation, which is said to run through a section of the midwifery profession, is examined.

SHEILA C. HUNT is Head of Midwifery Education in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Swansea. ANTHEA SYMONDS is Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Wales, Swansea.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: THE SITE OF THE LABOUR PROCESS
PART 2: THE MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR
PART 3: ETHNOGRAPHY: TREATING THE FAMILIAR AS STRANGE
PART 4: SOME ASPECTS OF LABOUR WARD CULTURE
PART 5: ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
PART 6: ORGANISATION AND CONTROL
PART 7: SHIFTS AND HANDOVERS
PART 8: REFLECTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
References
Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.12.1994
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	281 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	0-333-60877-1 / 0333608771
ISBN-13	978-0-333-60877-7 / 9780333608777
Zustand	Neuware