Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A Study of Epidural Analgesia and Hospital Birth Culture - Hardcover
Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A Study of Epidural Analgesia and Hospital Birth Culture - Hardcover
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by Elizabeth Newnham (Author), Lois McKellar (Author), Jan Pincombe (Author)
Uses epidural analgesia as the lens for analysis of the current ontological and epistemological debates in maternity care
Examines key sociological and philosophical debates in current maternity care practice and provision, with a view to influencing the design and provision of such care in the future Tracks historical developments in the field as the background to the wider debates to be addressed in the textAuthor Biography
Elizabeth Newnham is a midwife academic at Trinity College Dublin, whose research interests centre on cultural and political analysis of birthing practice and the role of midwives in promoting physiological and humanised birth.
Lois McKellar is the Program Director for the Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of South Australia and an advocate for improving the well-being of women and their families through collaborative research and education.
Jan Pincombe is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives. She is one of 4 editors for the first midwifery textbook in Australia and New Zealand for practicing and student midwives.
