1st Edition
Gender and Responsibility in Australian Neonatal Intensive Care Units Mothers’ Experiences of Support after Premature Birth
By Adrienne Byrt
Copyright 2027
168 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
Adrienne Byrt explores the experiences of mothers of premature infants through a feminist lens to bring to light the gendered demands they face within Australian hospitals.
The book provides sociological insights and recommendations for the delivery of trauma-informed care that resists the reproduction of gendered demands on new parents. Exploring the multidimensional aspects of patriarchal... Read more
1. Gender and trauma-informed care in neonatal nurseries 2. Premature birth stories: Unknowns, uncertainty, and medical misogyny 3. Making the intensive mother: Tracking, knowledge, and advocacy 4. Failure and feeding: Women’s struggles with breastfeeding demands 5. Navigating isolation during the premature transition to parenthood 6. Interacting within the institution: Disillusionment, despair, and dependence 7. Towards social trauma-informed care in neonatal nurseries
Biography
Adrienne Byrt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Transformative Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
