Birth territory and midwifery guardianship: theory for practice, education and research /
edited by Kathleen Fahy et al.
- Philadelphia : Books for Midwives, 2008.
- xiv, 178 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Include glossary and index.
Contents: Section 1: Theories and practices: Power and social construction of birth territory -- Theorising birth territory -- Midwifery guardianship -- Territories of the self and spiritual practices during childbirth -- Section 2: Physiology and the physical space: Creating birth space to enable undisturbed birth -- The spiritual and emotional territory of the unborn baby -- Mindbodyspirit architecture: creating birth space -- Section 3: Midwives, obstetricians and the maternity services: Being a midwife to midwifery services -- Birth territory: the besieged territory of the obstetrician -- From ideal to real: the interface between birth territory and the maternity service organization
9780750688703
RG950.B57
Include glossary and index.
Contents: Section 1: Theories and practices: Power and social construction of birth territory -- Theorising birth territory -- Midwifery guardianship -- Territories of the self and spiritual practices during childbirth -- Section 2: Physiology and the physical space: Creating birth space to enable undisturbed birth -- The spiritual and emotional territory of the unborn baby -- Mindbodyspirit architecture: creating birth space -- Section 3: Midwives, obstetricians and the maternity services: Being a midwife to midwifery services -- Birth territory: the besieged territory of the obstetrician -- From ideal to real: the interface between birth territory and the maternity service organization
9780750688703
RG950.B57