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Birth rites and rights
Title
Birth rites and rights / edited by Fatemeh Ebtehaj ... [et al.] ; on behalf of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.
ISBN
9781849461887
1849461880
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2011.
Physical Description
xv, 289 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This multi-disciplinary collection of essays from the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group is concerned with the varying circumstances, manner, timing and experiences of birth. It contains essays from a wide range of disciplines including law, medicine, anthropology, history and sociology, examining birth from the perspectives of mother, doctor, midwife and father. Questions considered in the book include: who has power during the birthing process? How has the experience of birth changed over time? Should birth mark a significant change in the legal status of the foetus? What is the proper role of birth registration? What role, if any, do fathers have in the birthing process? What legal rights should the woman have to refuse treatment during the birthing process? What is the significance of changes of the age at which women give birth? This stimulating collection of papers provides new insights into one of life's most momentous moments"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 06, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Becoming a mother : continuities and discontinuities over three decades / Ann Oakley, Meg Wiggins, Vicki Strange, Mary Sawtell, and Helen Austerberry
Changing medical birth rites in Britain 1970-2010 / Françoise Barbira Freedman
Are doctors still improving childbirth? / Susan Bewley and Lin Foo
Midwife-mother relationship / Mavis Kirkham
Loneliness of status : the legal and moral significance of birth / Jonathan Herring
Refusing medical treatment during pregnancy and birth : ethical and legal issues / Rosamund Scott
Consequences for preterm infants of antenatal glucocorticoid treatment / Alison Forhead and Abigail Fowden
Fathers, birth, and law / Richard Collier
Recording births : from the reformation to the Welfare Reform Act / Rebecca Probert
Changing form of birth registration / Julie McCandless
Birthright had nothing to do with it : royal inheritance in the Middle Ages / Francis Woodman
Infanticide and insanity in 19th century England / Shelley Day Sclater
Explaining the trend towards older first time mothers : a life course perspective / Irenee Daly
Too late or too many : dilemmas facing the modern woman seeking help with fertility / Peter Braude and Tarek El-Toukhy
IVF birth data presentation : its impact on clinical practice and patient choice / Emily Jackson and Hossam Abdalla.
Subjects
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Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.
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