No Perfect Birth : Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States
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| Title: | No Perfect Birth : Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States |
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| Description: | In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that cause harm to women in childbirth in the rural United States. Interweaving the poignant and tragic stories of mothers with existing research on obstetric care and social theories, Haltinner points to how a medical staff's lack of time, a mother's need to navigate and traverse complex spaces, and a practitioner's reliance on well-trodden obstetric routines cause unnecessary and lasting harm for women in childbirth. Additionally, Haltinner offers suggestions towards improving current practices, incorporating case models from other countries as well as mothers'embodied knowledge. |
| Authors: | Kristin Haltinner |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Obstetrics--Social aspects--United States, Obstetrics, Children, Maternal health services--United States, Childbirth--United States, Obstetrics--United States, Human beings |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that cause harm to women in childbirth in the rural United States. Interweaving the poignant and tragic stories of mothers with existing research on obstetric care and social theories, Haltinner points to how a medical staff's lack of time, a mother's need to navigate and traverse complex spaces, and a practitioner's reliance on well-trodden obstetric routines cause unnecessary and lasting harm for women in childbirth. Additionally, Haltinner offers suggestions towards improving current practices, incorporating case models from other countries as well as mothers'embodied knowledge. |
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| ISBN: | 9781793643933 9781793643957 9781793643940 9781978757608 |
