Full Description
Birth Care Abuse condemns prevalent abuses in perinatal care, and demands radical reform of the way we care for all those having or trying to have babies. This challenging view of perinatal treatment may be painful for clients and threatening for caregivers.
Caregivers like to think they offer sensitive and expert clinical care, but perinatal practice is often abusive. It includes physical or sexual assaults, and inadequate evidence-based treatment. Abuse is far more common than we ever wanted to imagine.
Contents
Dedication........................................................................................
Acknowledgements.............................................................................
Authors' Contributions.........................................................................
Authors' Note....................................................................................
About the Cover...................................................................................
Preface.................................................................................................
Table Of Contents.............................................................................
Overview............................................................................................
Perinatal Abuse..................................................................................
Clinical Abuse.....................................................................................
Psychological Abuse.........................................................................
Societal Abuse.....................................................................................
Ethics and Rights................................................................................
(In)Appropriate Treatment...............................................................
Demedicalizing Care..............................................................................
Birth As It Should Be...........................................................................
Holistic Care.......................................................................................
Loss and Abuse..................................................................................
Normal Birth.........................................................................................
Sick or Preterm Newborns................................................................
Sensitive Care...................................................................................
Preparing Families............................................................................
Multi-Professional Care.....................................................................
Culturally Appropriate Care...............................................................
Abusing Data......................................................................................
Opposing Abuse.................................................................................
Notes................................................................................................
Bibliography.......................................................................................
Index...................................................................................................
