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Towards the Humanisation of Birth A study of epidural analgesia and hospital birth culture • Uses epidural analgesia as the lens for analysis of the current ontological and epistemological debates in maternity care 2018. XI X, 266 p. 3 illus. eBook € 39,99 | £ 29,99 | $ 44.99 Softcover € 49,99 | £ 39,00 | $ 89.99 Hardcover € 89,99 | £ 79,00 | $ 99.99
• Examines key sociological and philosophical debates in current maternity care practice and provision • Tracks historical developments in the field as the background to the wider debates to be addressed in the text This book examines the future of bir thing practices, par ticul arly by focusing on epidural analgesia in childbir th. I t describes historical and cultural trajectories that have shaped the way in which bir th is understood in Western, developed nations. I n set ting out the nature of epidural histor y, knowledge and practice, the book delves into rel ated bir th practices within
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the hospit al set ting. By critically examining these pra ctice s , which a re em b e dde d in a s cien tific dis cours e th a t ra tion a lis e s a n d relie s upon technology use, the authors argue that epidural analgesia has been positioned as a safe technology in contemporar y maternit y culture, despite it carr ying par ticul ar risks. I n examining alternative research the book proposes that increasing epidural ra te s a re not only due to gre a ter p a in relie f re quirem en t s or a cce s s bu t a re in fluence d by technocratic values and a fragmented maternit y system. The authors outline the wa y in which this epidural dis cours e in fluen ce s how inform a tion is pre s en te d to wom en a n d h ow this a ffe ct s th eir ch oice s a roun d the us e of p a in relie f in la b our.
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CONTENTS
E-BOOK SERIES
HUMANISING BIRTH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOREWORD Claire Feeley
CHAPTER 1 THE HUMANISATION OF CHILDBIRTH
Dr Elizabeth Newnham and Prof Lesley Page
CHAPTER 2 THE CIRCLE OF TRUST Dr Elizabeth Newnham
CHAPTER 3 RE-ENVISAGING LABOUR PAIN- A HUMANISTIC APPROACH
Dr Elizabeth Newnham, Assoc Prof Sigfríður Inga Karlsdóttir and Ruth Sanders
CHAPTER 4 THE PARADOX OF THE INSTITUTION Dr Elizabeth Newnham
CHAPTER 5 HUMANISING POLICY – THE CURIOUS CASE OF EPIDURAL ANALGESIA AND WATER IMMERSION Dr Elizabeth Newnham
CHAPTER 6 MIDWIFERY TECHNOLOGY: MIDWIFERY PRACTICE FOR THE HUMANISATION OF BIRTH Dr Elizabeth Newnham
CHAPTER 7 HUMANISING BIRTH – THE ROLE OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGY IN MIDWIFERY EDUCATION Janice Bass, Dr Lois McKellar and Dr Elizabeth Newnham
CHAPTER 8 HUMANISING BIRTH: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Prof Lesley Page and Dr Elizabeth Newnham
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