Birth Crisis

by Sheila Kitzinger

Book Overview

One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. In Birth Crisis Sheila Kitzinger explores the disempowerment and anxiety experienced by these women. Key topics discussed include:

increasing intervention in pregnancy the shift in emphasis from relationships to technology in childbirth how family, friends and professional caregivers can reach out to traumatized mothers how women can work through stress to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415372666
• ISBN13: 9780415372664
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"