Birthing models on the human rights frontier : speaking truth to power /: speaking truth to power. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie Davis-Floyd.
• Editors: Daviss, Betty-Anne; Davis-Floyd, Robbie
• Contents: Introduction: Speaking Truth to Power for Social Justice in Pregnancy and Childbirth Betty-Anne Daviss PART 1 MODELS SPEAKING TRUTH THROUGH INDEPENDENCE: INCORPORATING LOCAL PRACTITIONERS TO KEEP COMMUNITY BIRTH SAFE 1. Bumi Sehat Bali: Birth on the Checkered Cloth Robin Lim and Samantha Leggett, with Erin Ryan, Wil Hemmerle, Carly Facius, Kelley Gary, Isabel Odean, Jenny Facius and Kenneth C. Johnson 2. To Bring Back Birth Is To Bring Back Life: The Nunavik Story Brenda Epoo, Kim Morehouse, Maggie Tayara, with Jennie Stonier and Betty-Anne Daviss 3. Home-Based Lifesaving Skills: Harnessing Local Leaders to Prevent Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Sandra Tebben Buffington, Lynn Sibley, Deborah Armbruster, Diana Beck, Jody Lori, Michelle Dynes, Lelisse Tadesse PART 2 MODELS THAT TACKLE THREATS TO NORMAL BIRTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES OF ACCESS TO CARE 4. "There’s something wrong here": African American Women and Their Babies Are at Greatest Risk in the USA Jennie Joseph 5. Bringing Back Breech: Dismantling Hierarchies and Re-Skilling Practitioners Betty-Anne Daviss and Andrew Bisits 6. What Made her Think She Could Win in Court? Models of Success in Seeking Justice Across Cultures in a Neoliberal World Betty-Anne Daviss 7. What If Another 10% of Deliveries Occurred at Home or in a Birth Center? The Economics and Politics of Out-of-Hospital Birth in the United States David Anderson, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Kenneth C. Johnson 8. Changing Childbirth in China: Family Support Still Has Its Place in Maternity Care Ngai Fen Cheung and Anshi Pan PART 3 MODELS IN TROUBLED AREAS: CONFLICT, POST-CONFLICT, OR DISASTER 9. Implementing the International Childbirth Initiative (ICI) in Disaster Zones: Bumi Sehat’s Experience from Aceh, Haiti, the Philippines, and Nepal Ibu Robin Lim with Robbie Davis-Floyd 10. Israeli and Palestinian Midwives: Birthing Peace Mindy Levy, Sera Bonds, Gomer Ben Moshe, Aisha Al-Saifi 11. Scraping Maternity Care Off the Back Burner in Afghanistan: Reminding "Multi-Sector" Funding to Include the Community Betty-Anne Daviss 12. Three Generations of Rural Community Midwifery in the Philippines: Through War, Earthquake, Tsunami, and Now a War on Homebirth Edna Beguia PART 4 PRAGMATIC MODELS: CHALLENGING BIRTH MANAGEMENT NORMS AND NURTURING PROFESSIONAL COOPERATION 13. Cooperative Competition among the Professions: Pizza and Other Keys to Disarmament in Canada P. James A. Ruiter and Carol Cameron 14. Birth with No Regret in Turkey Hakan Ç oker, Neşe Karabekir, Serpil Varl ık 15. Where There Are No Doctors: Shifting Major Surgical Operations to Non-Physician Clinics for Better Outcomes in Mozambique and Tanzania Caetano Pereira and Staffan Bergström 16. Solitary and Kin-Assisted Rarámuri Births: Ideals and Realities Janneli F. Miller Conclusion: Speaking Truth to Power Individually and Collectively Will Redistribute the Power Betty-Anne Daviss
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 304.63; Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies; Childbirth -- Social aspects; Prenatal care -- Social aspects; Birth customs; Newborn infants -- Care -- Social aspects; Right to health; Social justice
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000335538; 9781000335415; 9781003088783
• Related ISBNs: 9780367357917; 9780367357924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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