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No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States

No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States

Hardcover

Series: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society

Medical ReferencePublic HealthAnthropology

ISBN10: 1793643938
ISBN13: 9781793643933
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jul 13 2021
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that cause harm to women in childbirth in the rural United States. Interweaving the poignant and tragic stories of mothers with existing research on obstetric care and social theories, Haltinner points to how a medical staff's lack of time, a mother's need to navigate and traverse complex spaces, and a practitioner's reliance on well-trodden obstetric routines cause unnecessary and lasting harm for women in childbirth. Additionally, Haltinner offers suggestions towards improving current practices, incorporating case models from other countries as well as mothers' embodied knowledge.

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