Towards the Humanisation of Birth: A Study of Epidural Analgesia and Hospital Birth Culture

By Jan Pincombe, Elizabeth Newnham, Lois McKellar

Book Overview

Uses epidural analgesia as the lens for analysis of the current ontological and epistemological debates in maternity care

Examines key sociological and philosophical debates in current maternity care practice and provision, with a view to influencing the design and provision of such care in the future

Tracks historical developments in the field as the background to the wider debates to be addressed in the text

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319888684
• ISBN13: 9783319888682
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"