Obstetricians Speak: On Training, Practice, Fear, and Transformation (The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession, 1) (PDF)

By Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ashish Premkumar
For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession.
These stories range from those of abortion providers to those of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Several chapters tell the stories of obstetricians who have made paradigm shifts from technocratic to humanistic practices, the benefits and joys of these paradigm shifts, and the ostracism, bullying, and outright persecution these humanistic obstetricians have suffered.
This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand the ideologies and motives of individual obstetricians.

An excerpt from Kathleen Hanlon-Lundberg’s chapter: Largely maligned in reproductive anthropological literature as callous―if not brutal―self-serving effectors of the over-medicalization of childbirth, most obstetricians whom I know and have worked with are devoted to providing respectful, individualized care to their patients.

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berghahn Books; 1st edition (June 11, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 345 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1800738307
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1800738300