Obstetric violence, birth trauma, agency, and care in Ami McKay’s The Birth House

Obstetric violence, birth trauma, agency, and care in Ami McKay’s The Birth House

AbstractAmi McKay’s The Birth House aptly captures how with the advent of obstetric technologies, medical interventions escalated the proportion of women who encounter obstetric violence as part of normal procedures resulting invariably in birth trauma. The novel portrays the dehumanizing experience...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Swathi Mohan, Manali Karmakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
Subjects:
obstetric violence
maternity care
birth trauma
midwives
physicians
literary narratives
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2249281

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2249281

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