Sociology: birth books

313 books were found.

Rebounding from Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery

Rebounding from Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery...
Author: Lynn Madsen ISBN: 9780897893480 Format: Paperback	$48.00
Without true healing, Madsen's analysis reveals, a new mother's suppressed sense of loss and pain can affect her... Read More >>

Determinants of Fertility and Child Mortality in Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana

Determinants of Fertility and Child Mortality in Cote...
Author: World Bank Group , T. Paul Schultz ISBN: 9780821327890 Format: Paperback	$34.95
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Surrogate Motherhood: Conception In The Heart

Surrogate Motherhood: Conception In The Heart
Author: Helena Ragone ISBN: 9780813319797 Format: Paperback	$108.24
A study of surrogate motherhood which addresses questions about what constitutes motherhood, fatherhood, family,... Read More >>

Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery

Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery
Author: Brian Burtch ISBN: 9780773511439 Format: Paperback	$79.07
Examines the transformation of the role of the midwife, particularly the international resurgence of the midwifery... Read More >>

Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery

Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery
Author: Brian Burtch , Brian Burtch ISBN: 9780773511415 Format: Hardback	$250.80
Trials of Labour is a detailed study of the available social science literature on childbirth and midwifery. Brian... Read More >>

The Therapist's Pregnancy: Intrusion in the Analytic Space

The Therapist's Pregnancy: Intrusion in the Analytic...
Author: Sheri Fenster , Suzanne B. Phillips ISBN: 9780881631906 Format: Paperback	$88.99
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Unassisted Childbirth

Unassisted Childbirth
Author: Laura Kaplan Shanley ISBN: 9780897893770 Format: Paperback	$73.79
In Unassisted Childbirth, she calls upon the thousands of years during which women gave birth without medical intervention--arguing... Read More >>

Fertility Transition and Womens Life Course in Mexico

Fertility Transition and Womens Life Course in Mexico...
Author: Y. T. Mier ISBN: 9789211512632 Format: Paperback	$15.95
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Unassisted Childbirth

Unassisted Childbirth
Author: Laura Kaplan Shanley ISBN: 9780897893701 Format: Hardback	$261.23
In Unassisted Childbirth, she calls upon the thousands of years during which women gave birth without medical intervention--arguing... Read More >>

The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood: Brave New Families?

The Ethics of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood: Brave...
Author: Scott Rae ISBN: 9780275946791 Format: Hardback	$103.00
This study addresses the two most controversial issues in surrogate motherhood: the commercial aspect of the practice... Read More >>

Pathways To Childbearing and Childbirth Outcomes of Adolescent and Older Mothers: A Special Issue of the journal of Research on Adolescence

Pathways To Childbearing and Childbirth Outcomes of...
Author: Christine A. Bachrach , Clifford C. Clogg ISBN: 9780805899832 Format: Hardback	$66.00
A conference on Outcomes of Early Childbearing: An Appraisal of Recent Evidence brought together an interdisciplinary... Read More >>

Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with Disabilities Talk About Adoption

Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies...
Author: Joanne Finnegan , W.Carl Cooley ISBN: 9780897892865 Format: Hardback	$140.00
Written as a gift for other parents to help them cope with the pain and loneliness of decision making, this book... Read More >>

Sita's Daughters: Coming Out of Purdah: The Rajput Women of Khalapur Revisited

Sita's Daughters: Coming Out of Purdah: The Rajput Women...
Author: Leigh Minturn (Professor, Department of Psychology, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado) , Swaran Kapoor ISBN: 9780195080353 Format: Paperback	$49.45
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Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan...
Author: National Research Council , Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ISBN: 9780309048972 Format: Paperback	$171.60
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The Revolution in Asian Fertility

The Revolution in Asian Fertility
Author: Richard Leete , Iqbal Alam ISBN: 9780198287919 Format: Hardback	$57.95
This volume is a major attempt to chart and explain the Asian transition from high to low fertility and to assess... Read More >>

Disembodying Women: Perspectives on Pregnancy and the Unborn

Disembodying Women: Perspectives on Pregnancy and the...
Author: Barbara Duden , Lee Hoinacki ISBN: 9780674212671 Format: Hardback	$38.95
Duden's reading of the female body lends a historical and philosophical perspective to such topics as foetal rights,... Read More >>

At Women's Expense: State Power and the Politics of Fetal Rights

At Women's Expense: State Power and the Politics of...
Author: Cynthia R. Daniels ISBN: 9780674050433 Format: Hardback	$60.72
This study shows state power at work in the struggle between foetal rights and the rights of the woman, and suggests... Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Childbearing: Critical Perspectives

Encyclopedia of Childbearing: Critical Perspectives...
Author: Carol Mann , Barbara Katz Rothman ISBN: 9780897746489 Format: Hardback	$140.00
Some 250 thorough and thoughtfully written entries, each with plenty of cross referencing and ""resource"" listings... Read More >>

Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives

Changing Human Reproduction: Social Science Perspectives...
Author: Meg Stacey ISBN: 9780803986541 Format: Paperback	$153.00
Demonstrates that conception and birth are as much social as biological events. The authors stress the importance... Read More >>

AIDS: Women, Drugs and Social Care

AIDS: Women, Drugs and Social Care
Author: Nicholas Dorn , Sheila Henderson ISBN: 9781850008736 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women’s Reproductive Rights and Duties

The Politics of the Body in Weimar Germany: Women’s...
Author: Cornelie Usborne ISBN: 9780333547717 Format: Hardback	$336.35
This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation... Read More >>

Socio-Economic Development and Fertility Decline: Colombia, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and Tunisia : an Application of the Easterlin Syntheses Approach to

Socio-Economic Development and Fertility Decline: Colombia,...
Author: John Persons McHenry ISBN: 9789211512359 Format: Paperback	$54.95
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Birth Power: The Case for Surrogacy

Birth Power: The Case for Surrogacy
Author: Carmel Shalev ISBN: 9780300051186 Format: Paperback	$66.00
Argues in favour of surrogate motherhood stating that the law should treat women who choose to become surrogates... Read More >>

Birthrights: Law and Ethics at the Beginnings of Life

Birthrights: Law and Ethics at the Beginnings of Life...
Author: Robert Lee , Derek Morgan ISBN: 9780415010658 Format: Paperback	$83.99
Should surrogacy be allowed? What guidelines are needed to control in vitro fertilisation programmes? 'Birthrights'... Read More >>

The Politics of Maternity Care

The Politics of Maternity Care
Author: Jo Garcia , etc. ISBN: 9780198272878 Format: Paperback	$47.50
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