Obstetric violence and systemic disparities : can obstetrics be humanized and decolonized? /: can obstetrics be humanized and decolonized?. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ashish Premkumar.
• Editors: Davis-Floyd, Robbie; Premkumar, Ashish
• Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments Introduction: The Darker and the Lighter Sides of Biomedical Maternity Care: Moving from Obstetric Violence, Disrespect, and Abuse to the Humanization and De-Colonization of Birth; Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar Part I: Obstetric Violence and Systematic Racial, Ethnic, Gendered, and Socio-Structural Disparities in Obstetricians’ Practices Chapter 1. Obstetricians and the Delivery of Obstetric Violence: An Ethnographic Account from the Dominican Republic; Annie Preaux and Arachu Castro Chapter 2. “Bad Pelvises”: Mexican Obstetricians and the Re-Affirmation of Race in Labor and Delivery; Sarah A. Williams Chapter 3. “Selfish Mothers, ” “Misinformed” Childbearers, and “Control Freaks”: Gendered Tropes in US Obstetricians’ Justifications for Delegitimizing Patient Autonomy in Childbirth; Lauren Diamond-Brown Chapter 4. Implicit Racial Bias in Obstetrics: How US Obstetricians View and Treat Pregnant Women of Color; Genevieve Ritchie-Ewing Chapter 5. Censusing the Quechua: Peruvian Obstetras in Light of Historic Sterilizations, Contemporary Accusations, and Biopolitical Statecraft Obligations; Rebecca Irons Part II: Decolonizing and Humanizing Obstetric Training and Practice? Obstetricians, Midwives, and their Battles against “The System” Chapter 6. Decolonizing Medical Education in the UK; Amali U. Lokugamage, Tharanika Ahillan, and S.D.C Pathberiya Chapter 7. Teaching Humanistic and Holistic Obstetrics: Triumphs and Failures; Beverley Chalmers Chapter 8. The Inconsistent Path of Russian Obstetricians to the Humanization of Birth in Post-Soviet Maternity Care; Anna Ozhiganova and Anna Temkina Chapter 9. The Paradigm Shifts of Humanistic and Holistic Obstetricians: The “Good Guys and Girls” of Brazil; Robbie Davis-Floyd and Eugenia Georges Chapter 10. Interprofessional Education for Medical and Midwifery Students in Aotearoa/New Zealand; Rea Daellenbach, Lorna Davies, Maggie Meeks, Melanie Welfare, and Judy Ormandy Chapter 11. The Changing Face of Obstetric Practice in the US as the Percent of Women in the Specialty Has Grown; Deborah McNabb Part III: The Ethnographic Challenges of Gaining Access to Obstetricians for Surveys, Interviews, and Observations Chapter 12. The Ethnographic Challenges of Gaining Access to Obstetricians for Surveys, Interviews, and Observations; Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar Conclusions: Concepts, Conceptual Frameworks, and Lessons Learned; Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar Series Conclusions: Creating the Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians and Suggesting Directions for Future Research; Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (370 pages)
• Subjects: 362.88082; Obstetric violence; Obstetrics -- Social aspects; Obstetricians
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800738355
• Related ISBNs: 9781800738348
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