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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Page 109
... Oxytocin drips and pumps were in widespread use . This was the meeting place of the old Africa and the new technology of the West . Pools of blood lay on the floor like sacrificial outpourings , and African nurses were happy to leave ...
... Oxytocin drips and pumps were in widespread use . This was the meeting place of the old Africa and the new technology of the West . Pools of blood lay on the floor like sacrificial outpourings , and African nurses were happy to leave ...
Page 128
... oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern method of induction of labour by ultravenous infusion of oxytocin is that unless the dosage is very carefully regulated the woman's uterus can go into a state of hypertonic spasm ...
... oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern method of induction of labour by ultravenous infusion of oxytocin is that unless the dosage is very carefully regulated the woman's uterus can go into a state of hypertonic spasm ...
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... oxytocin had been used to induce labour.34 Even if all is well at delivery induced babies have a greater tendency to develop jaundice33 and this usually means that they are separated from their mothers for phototherapy when a few days ...
... oxytocin had been used to induce labour.34 Even if all is well at delivery induced babies have a greater tendency to develop jaundice33 and this usually means that they are separated from their mothers for phototherapy when a few days ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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