Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship

Theory for Practice, Education and Research

By: Kathleen Fahy, Maralyn Foureur, Carolyn Hastie

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Paperback | 23 May 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Midwives and other healthcare providers are grappling with the issue of rising intervention rates in childbirth and trying to identify ways to reverse the trend. It is increasingly accepted that intervention in childbirth has long-term consequences for women and their children. Birth Territory provides practical, evidence-based ideas for restructuring the birth territory to facilitate normal birth.

Links new research findings to birth environments and outcomes.
Describes the elements of an ideal birthing environment.
Suggests how to modify existing maternity services to achieve optimal results.
Investigates the links between the experiences of women and babies, and outcomes.
Explores the effects of legal and socio-political factors.

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Power and the social construction of birth territory	p. 3
Theorising birth territory	p. 11
Midwifery guardianship: Reclaiming the sacred in birth	p. 21
Territories of the self and spiritual practices during childbirth	p. 39
Creating birth space to enable undisturbed birth	p. 57
The spiritual and emotional territory of the unborn and newborn baby	p. 79
Mindbodyspirit architecture: Creating birth space	p. 95
The moving, feeling and dreaming body guides architectural design
Putting the principles into practice
Being a midwife to midwifery: Transforming midwifery services	p. 115
Birth territory: The besieged territory of the obstetrician	p. 131
From ideal to real: The interface between birth territory and the maternity service organization	p. 149
Glossary	p. 171
Index	p. 175
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