Women as MothersA leading social anthropologist examines what being a mother means to a woman as a person , using examples from societies all over the world, and concludes that a great deal of what we call “maternal instinct” is culturally imposed and that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of mothering. -- Publisher description. |
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... induction of labour rose to 50 per cent or more in British hos- pitals in the late sixties and early seventies , in spite of the fact that obstetricians themselves state that , ' most of the figures have shown that increasing the induction ...
... induction of labour rose to 50 per cent or more in British hos- pitals in the late sixties and early seventies , in spite of the fact that obstetricians themselves state that , ' most of the figures have shown that increasing the induction ...
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... induction have become possible because very few mothers have a seriously malformed pelvis nowadays , and because of the discovery of penicillin and the invention of the oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern method of induction ...
... induction have become possible because very few mothers have a seriously malformed pelvis nowadays , and because of the discovery of penicillin and the invention of the oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern method of induction ...
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... induction ) , and compared their experiences with the reports of 206 women from the same antenatal classes whose labours were not induced . 34 W. H. Liston , H. J. Campbell , Dangers of oxytocin - induced labour to fetuses ' , British ...
... induction ) , and compared their experiences with the reports of 206 women from the same antenatal classes whose labours were not induced . 34 W. H. Liston , H. J. Campbell , Dangers of oxytocin - induced labour to fetuses ' , British ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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