Women's birthing bodies and the law : unauthorised intimate examinations, power, and vulnerability /: unauthorised intimate examinations, power, and vulnerability. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Camilla Pickles and Jonathan Herring.
• Editors: Pickles, Camilla; Herring, Jonathan
• Contents: Interim Table of ContentsChapter one: IntroductionCamilla Pickles and Jonathan HerringChapter two: Non-consented vaginal examinations: The Birthrights and AIMS perspectiveRebecca BrioneChapter three: Silence, acquiescence or consent: Interpreting women's responses to intimate examinationsElsa MontgomeryChapter four: Female genital examination and autonomy in medicineNeda Taghinejadi and Brenda KellyChapter five: When a uterus enters the room, reason goes out the windowStella VillarmeaChapter six: Human rights and gender stereotypes in the context of childbirth: Negation of women's autonomy in reproductive health care settingsChristina ZampasChapter seven: How should the performance of periparturient vaginal examinations be regulated?Charles FosterChapter eight: Including the victim's perspective: Can vaginal examinations ever be sexual assaults? Catarina SjölinChapter nine: When 'battery' is not enough: Exposing the gaps in unauthorised vaginal examinations during labour as a crime of batteryCamilla PicklesChapter 10: Implied consent and vaginal examination in pregnancyJonathan HerringChapter 11: Troubling consent: pain and pressure in labour and childbirthClaire MurrayChapter 12: Redressing unauthorised vaginal examinations through litigationAndrea Mulligan.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 344.0412; Informed consent (Medical law); Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Pregnant women -- Medical examinations; Obstetrics -- Law and legislation; Physician and patient; Childbirth
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509937592; 9781509937585
• Related ISBNs: 9781509937578
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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