Obstetricians Speak: On Training, Practice, Fear, and Transformation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781800738287)

For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession.

These stories range from those of abortion providers to those of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Several chapters tell the stories of obstetricians who have made paradigm shifts from technocratic to humanistic practices, the benefits and joys of these paradigm shifts, and the ostracism, bullying, and outright persecution these humanistic obstetricians have suffered.

This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand the ideologies and motives of individual obstetricians.


An excerpt from Kathleen Hanlon-Lundberg's chapter:
Largely maligned in reproductive anthropological literature as callous-if not brutal-self-serving effectors of the over-medicalization of childbirth, most obstetricians whom I know and have worked with are devoted to providing respectful, individualized care to their patients.

Author: Robbie Davis-Floyd
ISBN-10: 1800738285
ISBN-13: 9781800738287
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2023
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d