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Risk, pregnancy and childbirth (Record no. 103935)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780367142445
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WQ 100
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Title Risk, pregnancy and childbirth
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Place of publication London :
Publisher Routledge,
Date 2018
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Physical description x, 189p
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Abstract Over the last hundred years, pregnancy and childbirth has become increasingly safe – yet it is still a site of risk, and a contested ground on which health professionals and pregnant women both face high costs of error. In this context, all those involved in managing pregnancy and birth are expected to identify and mitigate risk: pregnant women are subject to increasing surveillance to ensure the safety of the unborn foetus, and every aspect of childbearing is increasingly medicalised. This publication brings together fascinating social science research to explore the ways in which risk is both created and managed in pregnancy and childbirth. The introductory chapters reflect on the changing social context of childbirth, in particular the medicalisation of both pregnancy and childbirth with development of specialist practitioners, such as obstetricians and midwives who claim to have the knowledge, technology and skills to identify and manage the risks involved. The next three chapters that examine the ways in which women’s behaviour during pregnancy is constructed as potentially risky -- for example smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs, and how these risks are monitored and mitigated. The final two parts of the book address the construction of and responses to both medicalisation and risk in childbirth. Altogether, it represents a valuable insight into the complex world of pregnancy, childbirth and risk. This book brings together editorials and articles originally published in special and open issues of Health, Risk and Society.
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Subject term Obstetrics
9 (RLIN) 7200
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Subject term Pregnancy and Childbirth
9 (RLIN) 29
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Subject term Risk
9 (RLIN) 7769
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Subject term Risk management
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Added personal author Coxon, Kirstie
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Added personal author Scamell, Mandie
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Added personal author Alaszewski, Andy
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    National Library of Medicine     Hirson Library (St Helier) Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves 08/05/2024 43.44   WQ 100 042539 08/05/2024 08/05/2024 Book
    National Library of Medicine     Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Sally Howell Library (Epsom) Shelves 03/05/2024 43.44   WQ 100 062970 03/05/2024 03/05/2024 Book
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