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Men and maternity / Rosemary Mander.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004Description: vii, 201 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415275806
  • 9780415275804
  • 0415275873
  • 9780415275873
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.8742 22
LOC classification:
  • RG652 .M36 2004
Contents:
1. Cultures and times -- 2. The midwife and medical men -- 3. Fathers and fatherhood -- 4. The labour and the birth -- 5. The reality of fatherhood after the birth -- 6. Childbearing and domestic violence -- 7. Men and loss in childbearing -- 8. How to help - the midwife's role -- 9. Conclusion.
Review: "This book is the first to question assumptions about the beneficial involvement of men in childbearing. It will therefore be of great interest to academics and postgraduate students of midwifery, obstetrics, medicine and health studies, as well as practising midwives and obstetricians, health visitors, childbirth educators and labor and delivery room nurses."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.8742 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A374128B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.8742 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A374129B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-198) and index.

1. Cultures and times -- 2. The midwife and medical men -- 3. Fathers and fatherhood -- 4. The labour and the birth -- 5. The reality of fatherhood after the birth -- 6. Childbearing and domestic violence -- 7. Men and loss in childbearing -- 8. How to help - the midwife's role -- 9. Conclusion.

"This book is the first to question assumptions about the beneficial involvement of men in childbearing. It will therefore be of great interest to academics and postgraduate students of midwifery, obstetrics, medicine and health studies, as well as practising midwives and obstetricians, health visitors, childbirth educators and labor and delivery room nurses."--BOOK JACKET.

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