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Childbirth, midwifery and concepts of time /
All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Us...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2010.
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| Edición: | First paperback edition. |
| Colección: | Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;
v. 17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; PART I. Historical and Cultural Context; Chapter 1. From Tradition to Modernity; Chapter 2. Cosmologies, Concepts and Theories; PART II. Time and Childbirth Practices; Chapter 3. Counting Time in Pregnancy and Labour; Chapter 4. The Progress of Labour; Chapter 5. Time and Midwifery Practice; Chapter 6. 'Waiting on Birth': Management of Time and Place in a Birth Centre; Chapter 7. Management of Time in Aboriginal and Northern Midwifery Settings.
- PART III. Time and Childbirth ExperiencesChapter 8. Narrative Time: Stories, Childbirth and Midwifery; Chapter 9. How Long Have I Got? Time in Labour; Chapter 10. 'Feeding All the Time': Women's Temporal Dilemmas around Breastfeeding in Hospital; Chapter 11. Living with 'Uncertainty': Women's Experience of Breastfeeding in the Current Japanese Social Context; Conclusion; Notes on Contributors; Index.