The rise of the unregulated birth worker in Australia: the canary flees the coal mine
Edited book (chapter)
| Chapter Title | The rise of the unregulated birth worker in Australia: the canary flees the coal mine |
|---|---|
| Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
| ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
| Book Title | Birthing outside the system: the canary in the coal mine |
| Authors | |
| Author | Rigg, Elizabeth |
| Editors | Dahlen, Hannah, Kumar-Hazard, Bashi and Schmied, Virginia |
| Page Range | 117-135 |
| Series | Routledge Research in Nursing and Midwifery |
| Chapter Number | 5 |
| Number of Pages | 14 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| ISBN | 9781138592704 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/Birthing-Outside-the-System-The-Canary-in-the-Coal-Mine-1st-Edition/Dahlen-Hazard-Schmied/p/book/9781138592704 |
| Abstract | Description: This book investigates why women choose ‘birth outside the system’ and makes connections between women’s right to choose where they birth and violations of human rights within maternity care systems. Choosing to birth at home can force women out of mainstream maternity care, despite research supporting the safety of this option for low-risk women attended by midwives. When homebirth is not supported as a birthplace option, women will defy mainstream medical advice, and if a midwife is not available choose either an unregulated care provider or birth without assistance. This book examines the circumstances and drivers behind why women nevertheless choose homebirth by bringing legal and ethical perspectives together with the latest research on high-risk homebirth (breech and twin births), free birth, birth with unregulated care providers and the oppression of midwives who support unorthodox choices. Stories from women who have pursued alternatives in Australia, Europe, Russia, the UK, the US, Canada, the Middle East and India are woven through the research. Insight and practical strategies are shared by doctors, midwives, lawyers, anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists on how to manage the tension between professional obligations and women’s right to bodily autonomy. This book, the first of its kind, is an important contribution to considerations of place of birth and human rights in childbirth. |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420401. Clinical midwifery |
| 420402. Models of care and place of birth | |
| 420499. Midwifery not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5667/the-rise-of-the-unregulated-birth-worker-in-australia-the-canary-flees-the-coal-mine
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