Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship
Theory for Practice, Education and Research
- 1st Edition - May 23, 2008
- Latest edition
- Authors: Kathleen Fahy, Maralyn Foureur, Carolyn Hastie
- Language: English
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… Read more
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Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- 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.
Table of contents
Table of 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
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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 14, 2008
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
KF
Kathleen Fahy
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Midwifery and Head of Discipline, School Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaMF
Maralyn Foureur
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Midwifery,Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health,University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaCH
Carolyn Hastie
Affiliations and expertise
Midwifery Manager, Obstetric & Gynecology Department, Belmont Birthing Service, Hunter New England Health, Australia