Women, Power, and Childbirth: A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center [Hardcover]

Kathleen Doherty Turkel (Author)

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Hardcover: 184 pages
Publisher: Praeger (Nov 6 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0897893174
ISBN-13: 978-0897893176
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 454 g

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Based on her 12 year study of a free-standing birth center, Turkel analyzes the medical model of childbirth in contrast to the midwifery model. In the medical model of birth, women are defined as patients and birth takes place in hospitals where women have little, if any, control over their experience. The midwifery model views birth as a healthy process where midwives act as teachers and guides for women during pregnancy and birth, helping women and their families to shape and define their experience to meet their needs and expectations. Under existing legal and cultural circumstances, free-standing birth centers face a dilemma. They must continually accomodate the medical model while trying to maintain the midwifery model and give women an option to home birth or to hospital birth.

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KATHLEEN DOHERTY TURKEL is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Program at the University of Delaware.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for future mothers, educators, midwives, etc., Dec 6 1999

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This review is from: Women, Power, and Childbirth: A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center (Hardcover)

This book is excellent in all aspects. Turkel provides excellent comparisons and information on both the medical and midwifery models of childbirth. This book is a must read for anyone having children in the future, childbirth educators, midwives, and just women in general. It is an amazing resource for those also desiring more information on birth centers. I highly reccomend this book.

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