Description |
x, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index. |
Contents |
Birth shock -- Birth contrasts -- Institutional power in a high tech birth culture : how an anthropologist sees birth -- Managing the reproductive machine -- Sexual abuse and birth -- Flashbacks, panic attacks and nightmares -- Pain -- Other ways of handling pain -- "If only I hadn't" -- The baby -- The partner -- Moving forward -- Pregnant again. |
Subject |
Childbirth -- Psychological aspects.
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Labor (Obstetrics) -- Psychological aspects.
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Delivery (Obstetrics) -- Psychological aspects.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Psychic trauma.
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Mothers -- Mental health.
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Parturition -- psychology. |
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Delivery, Obstetric -- adverse effects. |
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Delivery, Obstetric -- ethics. |
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Pregnancy Complications -- psychology. |
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- etiology. |
ISBN |
0415372658 (hbk) |
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9780415372657 (hbk) |
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0415372666 (pbk.) |
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9780415372664 (pbk.) |
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0203968727 (ebk.) |
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9780203968727 (ebk.) |
Standard No. |
NLM 101262470 |
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NLGGC 291810969 |
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YDXCP 2408684 |
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YDXCP 2408679 |
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NZ1 10592899 |
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AU@ 000041352284 |
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AU@ 000040678748 |
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