Birth territory: a theory for midwifery practice

Title: Birth territory: a theory for midwifery practice
Creator: Fahy, Kathleen; Parratt, Jenny; Foureur, Maralyn; Hastie, Carolyn
Relation: Theory for Midwifery Practice p. 215-240
Relation: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=300675
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2011
Description: Birth Territory Theory can be used to describe, explain and predict how the 'birth territory' affects women and babies at all stages of childbearing, in particular during labour and birth ; The theory shows how to restructure the 'birth territory' to create a 'sanctum' rather than a 'surveillance environment' ; One factor that has a large impact on a woman's well-being as an embodied self is whether 'integrative power' or 'disintegrative power' is used by the woman herself and/or by others in the 'birth territory' ; We hypothesize that, when 'integrative power' is used within a 'sanctum', the woman is most likely to experience a 'genius birth': a 'genius birth' is one where a woman feels good about herself, however the baby is born.
Description: 2nd ed.
Subject: birth territory; integrative power; babies; pregnancy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036619
Identifier: uon:13328
Identifier: ISBN:9780230211926
Language: eng

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