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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Contributorsâ#x80;#x99; affiliations; Acknowledgements; Foreword: The family experience of home birth; 1 Introduction: A toxic culture; Part I The Birth Project Group (BPG) survey: Introduction; 2 The BPG survey: The results; 3 The BPG survey: Working with the data; 4 The BPG survey: Fear; 5 Floors, ceilings and cellars: Midwives, the NMC and â#x80;#x98;The Codeâ#x80;#x99;; Part II Understanding traumatic experiences for women, midwives, families and the wider community: Introduction; 6 Trauma experienced by student midwives |
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7 The trauma women experience as the result of our current maternity services8 When midwives become other; 9 Fundamental contradictions: The business model versus midwifery values; Part III Responding practically and politically to change our troubled maternity structures: Introduction; 10 Healing ourselves as midwives; 11 Creating a community of support for pregnant women and new mothers; 12 Performing the revolution, creating a counter-narrative on birth in Ireland; 13 Documenting empowerment; 14 Hidden in plain sight: Mapping the erasure of the maternal body from visual culture |
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15 Responding to the tragedy of maternal death: A collective challenges the statePart IV Looking ahead and back; 16 Confronting the state of emergency which is our maternity services; Afterword: â#x80;#x98;Mrs Brown is fullyâ#x80;#x99;; References; Index |
| Summary |
Arguing that contemporary maternity services provide a toxic environment both in which to practise and to give birth, this book looks at how we can change this. Its aim is promoting the best possible experiences of childbearing, and confident, strengthening and loving contexts for new parenthood. Designed to create awareness about the professional and political realities which enmesh maternity care, this inspiring volume features an in-depth and research-oriented analysis of the challenges faced by contemporary maternity services. Recognising the frequently hostile environment in which midwives practise, the contributors go on to explore its impact on women and families, as well as on midwives themselves. They then look at woman-centred and community-based ways of contributing to a much better birthing experience for all |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Maternal health services -- Great Britain
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Maternal health services -- Ireland
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Midwifery -- Great Britain
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Midwifery -- Ireland
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Mothers -- Mortality.
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Midwifery -- trends
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Nurse Midwives -- supply & distribution
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Maternal Health Services -- standards
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Maternal Mortality
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Mothers -- Mortality
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Maternal health services
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Midwifery
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Ireland. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063445
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United Kingdom |
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Ireland |
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Great Britain
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Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Nadine Pilley, 1957- editor.
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Mander, Rosemary, editor.
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Murphy-Lawless, Jo, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351998215 |
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1351998218 |
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9781315277059 |
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1315277050 |
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9781351998192 |
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1351998196 |
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9781351998208 |
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135199820X |
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