The Politics of Birth

by Sheila Kitzinger and Sheila Kitzinger MBE

One way of looking at birth is to see it entirely in terms of biology - how the reproductive process works in the human body. Another is to assess risk - examine what might go wrong in physiological mechanisms, and describe methods of preventing and treating malfunction. But to understand how women experience birth it has to be seen in its social context: the way in which people interact, the meanings that events have for them, and the relationships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750688769
• ISBN13: 9780750688765
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Books for Midwives Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"