Explores ways in which we learn about birth, how we talk and feel about it, assumptions that professional caregivers may make, and the roles and skills of midwi... » 

Explores ways in which we learn about birth, how we talk and feel about it, assumptions that professional caregivers may make, and the roles and skills of midwives. This book aims to help the reader develop an understanding of how a technocratic birth culture shapes our ideas about birth and obstetric practice. «