1st Edition

Choice, Control and Contemporary Childbirth Understanding Through Women's Stories

By Julie Jomeen, Lura L. Pethtel Copyright 2010
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Current maternity policy advocates choice and control for women in maternity care, and promotes women as active childbirth consumers and decision-makers. However, evidence that women receive true choice within contemporary maternity services is lacking, and continued and pervasive barriers to choice continue to have profound consequences for many. Choice, Control and Contemporary Childbirth... Read more
Part 1: Policy, Theories and Perspectives. Part 2: The Women’s Stories.

Biography

Julie Jomeen, Lura L. Pethtel