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Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research


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Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research

Paperback by Fahy, Kathleen (Professor of Midwifery and Head of Discipline, School Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia); Foureur, Maralyn (Professor of Midwifery,Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health,University of Technology, Sydney, Australia); Hastie, Carolyn (Midwifery Manager, Obstetric & Gynecology Department, Belmont Birthing Service, Hunter New England Health,...

Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research

£25.99

ISBN:
9780750688703
Publication Date:
23 May 2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:
Books for Midwives
Pages:
198 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 17 - 22 May 2024
Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research

Description

Midwives and other healthcare providers are grappling with the issue of rising intervention rates in childbirth and trying to identify ways to reverse the trend. It is increasingly accepted that intervention in childbirth has long-term consequences for women and their children. Birth Territory provides practical, evidence-based ideas for restructuring the birth territory to facilitate normal birth. Links new research findings to birth environments and outcomes. Describes the elements of an ideal birthing environment. Suggests how to modify existing maternity services to achieve optimal results. Investigates the links between the experiences of women and babies, and outcomes. Explores the effects of legal and socio-political factors.

Contents

Introduction Section 1: Theories and Practices 1 Power and the Social Construction of Birth Territory 2 Theorising Birth Territory 3 Midwifery Guardianship: Reclaiming the Sacred in Birth 4 Territories of the Self and Spiritual Practices During Childbirth Section 2: Physiology and the Physical Space 5 Creating Birth Space to Enable Undisturbed Birth 6 The Spiritual and Emotional Territory of the Unborn and Newborn Baby 7 Creating Physical Space Part 1 The moving, feeling and dreaming body guides architectural design Part 2 Putting the principles into practice Section 3: Midwives, Obstetricians and the Maternity Services 8 Being a midwife to midwifery: transforming midwifery services 9 Birth Territory: The role of the obstetrician 10 From Ideal to Real: The interface between Birth Territory and the Maternity Service Organisation Glossary Index

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