Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier Speaking Truth to Power
Synopsis
This book addresses the politics of global health and social justice issues around birth, focusing on dynamic communities that have chosen to speak truth to power by reforming dysfunctional health care systems or creating new ones outside the box.The chapters present models of childbirth at extreme ends of a spectrum—from the conflict zones and disaster areas of Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, and Indonesia, to high-risk tertiary care settings in China, Canada, Australia, and Turkey. Debunking notions about best care, the volume illustrates how human rights in health care are on a collision course with global capitalism and offers a number of specific solutions to this ever-increasing problem.
This volume will be a valuable resource for scholars and students in anthropology, sociology, health, and midwifery, as well as for practitioners, policy makers, and organizations focused on birth or on social activism in any arena.
Book details
- Series:
- Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
- Author:
- Betty-Anne Daviss; Robbie Davis-Floyd
- ISBN:
- 9781000335538
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003088783, 9780367357924, 9780367357917
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 460
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-01-16
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Copyright by:
- selection and editorial matter, Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie Davis-Floyd
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies