Culture, Religion & Childbearing: A Handbook for Health Professionals

by Judith Schott and Alix Henley BA(Hons) DipHealth Econon

This book will enable health care professionals, particularly midwives, to understand the spectrum of cultural and religious issues that affect the quality of care that they can give to women and their families during child bearing. They are encouraged to reflect on their own attitudes and assumptions and are offered ways of improving their communication skills in this very sensitive area. Research based, the book also draws on interviews conducted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750620501
• ISBN13: 9780750620505
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Books for Midwives Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 6.1"