Pregnancy, birth and maternity care : feminist perspective

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Pregnancy, birth and maternity care : feminist perspective

edited by Mary Stewart ; foreword by Sheila C. Hunt

Books for Midwives, 2004

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The main aim of this book is to familiarise midwives with feminist theories and their relevance and application to midwifery practice, education and research.

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Contributors Foreword: Sheila C Hunt Preface 1. Introducing Feminism (Tara Kaufmann) 2. Gender and Sexuality (Ann Cronin) 3. Feminisms and the Body (Mary Stewart) 4. Pregnancy (Liz Stephens) 5. Feminism and Intrapartum Care: A Quest for Holistic Birth (Denis Walsh) 6. Transition to motherhood: from the woman's perspective (Sally Marchant) 7. Feminism and breastfeeding (Gabrielle Palmer) 8. Depression in the Post Natal Period: A normal response to motherhood (Jane M Ussher) 9. Midwifery Practice: ways of working (Carol Bates) 10. Feminist Approach to Midwifery Education (Lorna Davies) 11. Feminism and Ways of Knowing (Sara Wickham) 12. Midwifery partnership with women in Aotearoa/ New Zealand: a poststructuralist feminist perspective on the use of epidurals in 'normal' birth (Ruth Surtees) 13. Journey to midwifery through feminism: a personal account (Nicky Leap)

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