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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary anthology contributes to the contemporary dialogues about motherhood/mothering drawing attention to the experiences of motherhood/mothering both within medical practice as physicians as well as highlight motherhood/mothering experiences of medicine, examining both mothers as patients themselves and with their children as patients. As medical schools steadily increase the number of women studying medicine, research on mothers in medical practice would add to a better understanding on the different values, expectations, institutions and events that shape and define the identities within medicine. How does the increase of women as mothers practicing medicine affect the outcomes of mothers as patients? Does birthing your own child impact your practice? Does knowing your physician or your child’s physician is a mother affect your experience as a patient or that of your child’s? The edited volume will explore how relationships between motherhood/mothering experiences in/of medicine are presently being theorized, re-examined, negotiated, and most importantly, debated. This is an interdisciplinary volume which unites essays as well as creative submissions that engage with the issue of motherhood experiences in/of medicine, including works of fiction, creative non-fiction, in addition to traditional academic writing, allowing an open and innovative space for critical discussion.
Trade ReviewFrom Band Aid to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of medicine is a collection of not-often talked about personal stories and deeply thought-provoking research essays, which don’t fail to hit home. A must read for anyone in or interacting with the health care system! - Franziska Miller, MD // This book is an enjoyable read for all women in healthcare. The stories are topical, and I have no doubt people will make connections with their own experiences. Although the stories are based in medicine, females in other health professions would also find common ground.- Dr. Wendy A. Stewart here they are: MD,MMEd,PhD,FRCPC Associate Professor and Director of Humanities, Dalhousie University, New Brunswick // This diverse and engaging collection invites us to listen to the experiences of health care practitioners, academics, and women who “mother” in various ways—many occupying more than one of these roles at the same time. From Band-Aids to Scalpels raises complex questions about the ways of knowing and being in the world formed at the tense intersection of medicine and maternity. - Michele Byers. Professor Women & Gender Studies, Saint Mary's University, Saint Mary's University is in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the original Mi'kmaq People.
