The social meaning of midwifery / Sheila C. Hunt and Anthea Symonds.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Description: xix, 171 pages : illustrations, 1 plan ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0333608771
- 9780333608777
- 305.96181 23
- RG950 .H86 1995
Contents:
Summary: "The Social Meaning of Midwifery is based on an ethnographic study of a labour ward and attempts an understanding of the culture, work practices and strategies of midwives."--Back cover.
Introduction -- 1. The site of the labour process -- 2. The management of labour -- 3. Ethnography: Treating the familiar as strange -- 4. Some aspects of labour ward culture -- 5. All in a day's work -- 6. Organisation and control -- 7. Shifts and handovers -- 8. Reflections and conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. The site of the labour process -- 2. The management of labour -- 3. Ethnography: Treating the familiar as strange -- 4. Some aspects of labour ward culture -- 5. All in a day's work -- 6. Organisation and control -- 7. Shifts and handovers -- 8. Reflections and conclusions.
"The Social Meaning of Midwifery is based on an ethnographic study of a labour ward and attempts an understanding of the culture, work practices and strategies of midwives."--Back cover.
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