Maternal Transition: A North-South Politics of Pregnancy and Childbirth

by Candace Johnson

Book Overview

What are the political dimensions that are revealed in women's preferences for health care during pregnancy and childbirth? The answers to this question vary from one community to the next, and often from woman to the next, although the trends in the Global North and South are strikingly different.

Employing three conceptual frames; medicalization, the public-private distinction, and intersectionality, Candace Johnson examines these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138126063
• ISBN13: 9781138126060
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"