The main aim of the book is to familiarise midwives with feminist theories and their relevance and application to midwifery practice, education and research.
Contributors Foreword:: Sheila C Hunt Preface 1. Introducing Feminism (Tara Kaufmann) 2. Gender and Sexuality (Ann Cronin) 3. Feminisms and the Body (Mary Stewart) 4. Pregnancy (Liz Stephens) 5. Feminism and Intrapartum Care:: A Quest for Holistic Birth (Denis Walsh) 6. Transition to motherhood:: from the womans perspective (Sally Marchant) 7. Feminism and breastfeeding (Gabrielle Palmer) 8. Depression in the Post Natal Period:: A normal response to motherhood (Jane M Ussher) 9. Midwifery Practice:: ways of working (Carol Bates) 10. Feminist Approach to Midwifery Education (Lorna Davies) 11. Feminism and Ways of Knowing (Sara Wickham) 12. Midwifery partnership with women in Aotearoa/ New Zealand:: a poststructuralist feminist perspective on the use of epidurals in normal birth (Ruth Surtees) 13. Journey to midwifery through feminism:: a personal account (Nicky Leap)
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