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THE SOCIAL MEANING OF MIDWIFERY

HUNT, SHEILA - Nama Orang;

Many books exist illustrating the power structure of the medical professional, which is male gendered, and its significance for women within this. No study has so far tackled the relationship between women as child birth professionals and women as mothers. The attitude of the midwife towards the labour ward is examined. How the mother is marginalised by the managerial role taken on by the midwife towards the production process (childbirth) and the object of production (child) is the main focus of this book. The stream of feminist orientation, which is said to run through a section of the midwifery profession, is examined. The book considers the potentially antagonistic relationship between womwn as childbirth professionals and women as mothers. Ituses the analogy of the hospital labour ward as a production line and views the midwife as the production line manager whose attention is focused on the object of production (the child) while marginalising the producer (the mother).