The social context of birth

Content: Chapter 1. Women and Society[Caroline Squire] Chapter 2. Women and Sex[Sandy Nelson] Chapter 3. Women, Poverty and childbirth[Caroline Squire ]Chapter 4. The Family[Val Dunn-Toroosian ]Chapter 5. `Race\', Ethnicity, Culture and Childbirth[Dave Sookhoo] Chapter 6. Refugee Women[Caroline Squire] Chapter 7. Domestic Violence in Pregnancy[Sally Cottrell] Chapter 8. Female Genital Mutilation[Comfort Momoh] Chapter 9. Transition to Motherhood[Nicola Winson] Chapter 10. Maternal-infant Attachment[Cathy Rowan] Chapter 11. The Medicalisation of Childbirth[Alyson Einion] Chapter 12. Socialisation of Midwifery[Alyson Einion] Chapter 13. Social Support and Childbirth[Christine McCourt]Chapter 14. Unhappiness after Childbirth[Christine Grabowska] Chapter 15. Childbirth and Sexual Abuse during Childhood[Caroline Squire] Chapter 16. Young Mothers[Louise Hunter] Chapter 17. Women in Prison[Julie Jones] Chapter 18. The New Reproductive Technologies: threat of opportunity? [Marilyn Crawshaw] Chapter 19. Fetal Surveillance[Christine Grabowska] Chapter 20. Breastfeeding: a natural phenomenon or a cultural construct? [Cathryn Britton] Chapter 21. Experiencing Disability[Harriet Clarke]