{"product_id":"cognition-risk-and-responsibility-in-obstetrics-anthropological-analyses-and-critiques-of-obstetricians-practices-9781800738317","title":"Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series \u003cem\u003eThe Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession\u003c\/em\u003e looks at cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis volume contains social science analyses of Swiss, Chilean, Mexican, US, Greek, and Irish obstetrics and obstetricians, particularly around their reasons for the overuse of cesareans; a chapter on \"4 Stages of Cognition\" and a condition called \"Substage,\" which describes how these concepts apply to obstetricians; and a chapter on why obstetricians fear home birth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand obstetricians' differing ideologies and motives for practicing as they do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAn excerpt from Vania Smith-Oka and Lydia Dixon's chapter:\u003cbr\u003e \tFor systemic changes to occur, we must understand doctors’ decision-making rationales and take their fear-based perspectives about risk and responsibility into account, while also paying attention to the concerns raised by scholars and activists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e An Overview of This Volume and of Significant Concepts Used\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Open and Closed Knowledge Systems, the 4 Stages of Cognition, and the Obstetric Management of Birth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e From “Mastership” to Active Management of Labor: The Culture of Irish Obstetrics and Obstetricians\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMargaret Dunlea, Martina Hynan, Jo Murphy-Lawless, Magdalena Ohaja, Malgorzata Stach and Jeannine Webster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Becoming an Obstetrician in Greece: Medical Training, Informal Scripts, and the Routinization of Cesarean Birth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEugenia Georges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Physiologic Birth Entails Economic Damage: Financial Incentives for the Performance of Cesareans in Chile\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichelle Sadler and Gonzalo Leiva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Introduction of “Natural Cesareans” in Swiss Hospitals: A Conversation with One of Its Pioneers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCaroline Chautems, Irene Maffi, and Alexandre Farin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scoring Women, Calculating Risk: The MFMU VBAC Calculator\u003cbr\u003e \tNicholas Rubashkin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Risk and Responsibility: Contextualizing Practice among Mexican Obstetricians\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVania Smith-Oka and Lydia Z. Dixon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Crossing Bodily, Social, and Intimate Boundaries: How Class, Ethnic, and Gender Differences Are Reproduced in Medical Training in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVania Smith-Oka and Megan K. Marshalla\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Limitations of Understanding Structural Inequality: Obstetricians’ Accounts of Caring for Substance-Using Patients in the US\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatharine McCabe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Contraceptive Provision by Obstetricians\/Gynecologists in the US: Biases, Misperceptions, and Barriers to an Essential Reproductive Health Service\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMelissa Goldin Evans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility: Home Birth and Why Obstetricians Fear It\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmali U. Lokugamage and Claire Feeley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Concepts, Conceptual Frameworks, and Lessons Learned\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042751545687,"sku":"9781800738317","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738317.jpg?v=1750955470","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cognition-risk-and-responsibility-in-obstetrics-anthropological-analyses-and-critiques-of-obstetricians-practices-9781800738317","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}