Obstetricians Speak

Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology, and Senior Advisor to the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction, is a well-known medical/reproductive anthropologist and international speaker and researcher in transformational models in childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and reproduction.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSeries Overview: The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical ProfessionRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish PremkumarIntroduction: Obstetricians SpeakRobbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish PremkumarChapter 1. On Becoming an Abortion Provider in the US: An Autoethnographic AccountChapter 2. Abortion, Professional Identity, and Generational Meaning Making among US Ob/GynsRebecca Henderson, Chu J. Hsiao, and Jody SteinauerChapter 3. My Transformation from an Obstetrician to a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialist: Autoethnographic Thoughts on Situated Knowledges and HabitusAshish PremkumarChapter 4. Cold Steel and Sunshine: Ethnographic and Autoethnographic Perspectives on Two Obstetric Careers in the US from Across the ChasmKathleen Hanlon-LundbergChapter 5. An AwakeningJesanna CooperChapter 6. Repercussions of a Paradigm Shift in the Professional and Personal Life of a Brazilian ObstetricianRosana FontesChapter 7. The Bullying and Persecution of a Humanistic/Holistic Obstetrician in Brazil: The Benefits and Costs of My Paradigm ShiftRicardo JonesChapter 8. Hungarian Birth Models Seen Through the Prism of Prison: The Journey of Ágnes GerébÁgnes Geréb and Katalin FábiánChapter 9. Adopting the Midwifery Model of Care in IndiaEvita FernandezChapter 10. “Birth with No Regret” in Turkey: The Natural Childbirth of the 21st CenturyHakan ÇokerChapter 11. Attempting to Maintain a Positive Awareness about Vaginal Breech Birth in AustraliaAndrew BisitsChapter 12. Mixing Modalities in My Technocratic/Humanistic Obstetric Practice in the US: Ideology and RationalesMarco GianottiChapter 13. How an Obstetrician Promoted Respectful Care in Canada and in the WorldAndré LalondeConclusions: What Have We Learned from Obstetricians?Robbie Davis-Floyd and Ashish PremkumarIndex