Women, Power, and Childbirth

A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center

Kathleen D. Turkel

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English

Praeger Publishers Inc
06 November 1995

Gender studies: women; Sociology: birth; Health systems & services

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.

By: Kathleen D. Turkel
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780897893176
ISBN 10: 0897893174
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 06 November 1995
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Technocratic Ideology and the Medical Marginalization of Motherhood and Birth The Medical Model The Midwifery Approach to Birth Free-Standing Birth Centers Case Study: The Founding of a Free-Standing Birth Center The Operation of the Birth Center The Birth Center and the Medical Model: Accommodation and Resistance Reappropriating Birth Bibliography Index

KATHLEEN DOHERTY TURKEL is Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Program at the University of Delaware. She teaches courses on motherhood in culture and politics and is a community activist supporting birth centers and creating favorable conditions for midwives.