{"product_id":"obstetric-violence-and-systemic-disparities-can-obstetrics-be-humanized-and-decolonized-9781800738348","title":"Obstetric Violence and Systemic Disparities: Can","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eThe final volume 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 the challenges, and even violence, that obstetricians face across the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPart I of this volume addresses obstetric violence and systemic racial, ethnic, gendered, and socio-structural disparities in obstetricians’ practices in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and the US. Part II addresses decolonizing and humanizing obstetric training and practice in the UK, Russia, Brazil, New Zealand, and the US. Part 3 presents the ethnographic challenges that the chapter authors in Volumes II and III of this series faced in finding, surveying, interviewing, and observing obstetricians in various countries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand the diverse challenges that obstetricians must overcome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAn excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e \tIn our Series Overview in Volume 1, we asked the question, “Can a book create a field?” and answered that question with a resounding “Yes!” … For us, the official creation of the field of the Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians has taken not one, but the 3 volumes that constitute this Book Series.\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 The Darker and the Lighter Sides of Biomedical Maternity Care: Moving from Obstetric Violence, Disrespect, and Abuse to the Humanization and De-Colonization of Birth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Obstetric Violence and Systematic Racial, Ethnic, Gendered, and Socio-Structural Disparities in Obstetricians’ Practices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Obstetricians and the Delivery of Obstetric Violence: An Ethnographic Account from the Dominican Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnnie Preaux and Arachu Castro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Bad Pelvises”: Mexican Obstetricians and the Re-Affirmation of Race in Labor and Delivery\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSarah A. Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Selfish Mothers,” “Misinformed” Childbearers, and “Control Freaks”: Gendered Tropes in US Obstetricians’ Justifications for Delegitimizing Patient Autonomy in Childbirth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLauren Diamond-Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Implicit Racial Bias in Obstetrics: How US Obstetricians View and Treat Pregnant Women of Color\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGenevieve Ritchie-Ewing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Censusing the Quechua: Peruvian Obstetras in Light of Historic Sterilizations, Contemporary Accusations, and Biopolitical Statecraft Obligations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebecca Irons\u003cbr\u003e \tThis chapter is available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Decolonizing and Humanizing Obstetric Training and Practice? Obstetricians, Midwives, and their Battles against “The System”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Decolonizing Medical Education in the UK\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmali U. Lokugamage, Tharanika Ahillan, and S.D.C Pathberiya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Teaching Humanistic and Holistic Obstetrics: Triumphs and Failures\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBeverley Chalmers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Inconsistent Path of Russian Obstetricians to the Humanization of Birth in Post-Soviet Maternity Care\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnna Ozhiganova and Anna Temkina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Paradigm Shifts of Humanistic and Holistic Obstetricians: The “Good Guys and Girls” of Brazil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd and Eugenia Georges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Interprofessional Education for Medical and Midwifery Students in Aotearoa\/New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRea Daellenbach, Lorna Davies, Maggie Meeks, Melanie Welfare, and Judy Ormandy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Changing Face of Obstetric Practice in the US as the Percent of Women in the Specialty Has Grown\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDeborah McNabb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: The Ethnographic Challenges of Gaining Access to Obstetricians for Surveys, Interviews, and Observations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ethnographic Challenges of Gaining Access to Obstetricians for Surveys, Interviews, and Observations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish Premkumar\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 \t\u003cstrong\u003eSeries Conclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creating the Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians and Suggesting Directions for Future Research\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":51042751512919,"sku":"9781800738348","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738348.jpg?v=1750955469","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/obstetric-violence-and-systemic-disparities-can-obstetrics-be-humanized-and-decolonized-9781800738348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}