ABSTRACT
This collection of essays contains leading research in maternity care from Europe, the United States and Canada to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. Birth By Design focuses on the practical side of 'good' social science research. This is a ground-breaking work that looks not only at maternity, but also the act of childbirth.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I:
chapter 1|21 pages
WHERE TO GIVE BIRTH? POLITICS AND THE PLACE OF BIRTH
Eugene Declercq, Raymond DeVries, Kirsi Viisainen, Helga B. Salvesen, and Sirpa Wrede
chapter 2|23 pages
THE STATE AND BIRTH/THE STATE OF BIRTH: MATERNAL HEALTH POLICY IN THREE COUNTRIES
Sirpa Wrede, Cecilia Benoit, and Jane Sandall
chapter 3|19 pages
CHANGING BIRTH: INTEREST GROUPS AND MATERNITY CARE POLICY
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Eugene Declercq, and Jane Sandall
part |2 pages
PART II Providing Care
chapter 6|22 pages
DECIDING WHO CARES: WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Jane Sandall, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Wouter J. Meijer, and Beate A. Schüecking
chapter 7|27 pages
DESIGNING MIDWIVES: A COMPARISON OF EDUCATIONAL MODELS
Cecilia Benoit, Robbie Davis-Floyd, Edwin R. van Teijlingen, Jane Sandall, and Janneli F. Miller
chapter 9|19 pages
SPOILING THE PREGNANCY: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Barbara Katz Rothman
part |2 pages
PART III Society,Technology, and Practice
chapter 11|11 pages
CONSTRUCTING RISK: MATERNITY CARE, LAW, AND MALPRACTICE
Elizabeth Cartwright and Jan Thomas
chapter 12|14 pages
OBSTETRICAL TRAJECTORIES: ON TRAINING WOMEN/BODIES
Bernike Pasveer and Madeleine Akrich
chapter 13|24 pages
WHAT (AND WHY) DO WOMEN WANT? THE DESIRES OF WOMEN
Raymond DeVries, Helga B. Salvesen, Therese A. Wiegers, and A. Susan Williams
