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Experience, Practice & History
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By
Helen Churchill, Ph D, Senior lecturer in Health Studies and Sociology and subject leader for Health Studies at the Crewe and Alsager Faculty of the Manchester Metropolitan University.
Description
This book examines women's experiences of caesarean birth from its origins through to present day. Historical developments, along with
the differing ideologies and diverse attitudes surrounding the much debated subject of intervention in childbirth are discussed. A study
carried out by the author in 1991/2, with a follow up survey in 1996, examines the effects of caesarean sections on women to see whre
improvemnts can be made to enable a better outcome of surgical birth for the mother, child and health professional.
Contents
Caesareans in pre-industrial times; Caesareans in the eighteenth century; Caesareans in the ninteenth century; Caesareans versus other
techniques; Self inflicted caesareans; Development of the operative technique; Caesareans in the twentieth century; Conflict between
lay and professional views on pregnancy and labour; Caesarean birth today; Indications for caesarean section; The effects of caesarean
section; Women' experience of caesarean birth, part one: The research; Part two: Discussion; Conclusions and recommendations
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 120 pages, publication date: JUN-1997
ISBN-13: 978-1-898507-51-2
ISBN-10: 1-898507-51-1
Imprint: BOOKS FOR MIDWIVES
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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