Navigating miscarriage : social, medical, and conceptual perspectives / edited by Susie Kilshaw and Katie Borg.

Date:
2020
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Description

"Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists, historians and medical professionals. Contributors use rich ethnographic and historical material to discuss how pregnancy loss is managed and negotiated in a range of societies. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarriage is experienced and perceived"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

New York : Berghahn, 2020.

Physical description

viii, 243 pages ; 24 cm.

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Contents

Introduction. Ambiguities and navigations / Susie Kilshaw -- Does twenty-first-century technology change the experience of early pregnancy and miscarriage? / Pedro Melo and Ingrid Granne -- The meanings of miscarriage in twentieth century Britain / Rosemary Elliot -- Alleviating the ambiguities around miscarriage : discursive tactics in Cameroon and Romania / Erica van der Sijpt -- Some babies cannot be stopped from falling : miscarriage in Pakistani Punjab / Kaveri Qureshi -- God's design; thwarted plans : women's experience of miscarriage in Qatar and in England / Susie Kilshaw -- 'It felt like the longest time of my life' : using foetal dopplers at home to manage anxiety about miscarriage / Aimee Middlemiss -- Miscarriages and its resulting losses during commercial surrogacy in India / Sayani Mitra -- Unwitnessed ceremonies : funeral services for pre-24-week pregnancy losses in England / Karolina Kuberska -- Conclusions / Susie Kilshaw.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    UNO.U
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  • 9781789206630
  • 1789206634