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For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession.These stories range from those of abortion providers to those of maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Several chapters tell the stories of obstetricians who have made paradigm shifts from technocratic to humanistic practices, the benefits and joys of these paradigm shifts, and the ostracism, bullying, and outright persecution these humanistic obstetricians have suffered.This book is a must-read for students, social scientists, and all maternity care practitioners who seek to understand the ideologies and motives of individual obstetricians.An excerpt from Kathleen Hanlon-Lundberg’s chapter:Largely maligned in reproductive anthropological literature as callous—if not brutal—self-serving effectors of the over-medicalization of childbirth, most obstetricians whom I know and have worked with are devoted to providing respectful, individualized care to their patients.
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