Caesarean Birth
Experience, Practice & History
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This book examines women's experiences of caesarean birth from its origins through to present day. Historical developments, along with the differing ideologies and diverse attitudes surrounding the much debated subject of intervention in childbirth are discussed. A study carried out by the author in 1991/2, with a follow up survey in 1996, examines the effects of caesarean sections on women to see whre improvemnts can be made to enable a better outcome of surgical birth for the mother, child and health professional.
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By Helen Churchill, Ph D, Senior lecturer in Health Studies and Sociology and subject leader for Health Studies at the Crewe and Alsager Faculty of the Manchester Metropolitan University.
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- Paperback
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- 120 Pages
- Imprint: Books for Midwives
- ISBN: 978-1-898507-51-2
- Copyright: 1997