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No Perfect Birth

Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States

Av Kristin Haltinner

Del i serien Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society

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In No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States, Kristin Haltinner examines the institutional and ideological forces that cause harm to women in childbirth in the rural United States. Interweaving the poignant and tragic stories of mothers with existing research on obstetric care and social theories, Haltinner points to how a medical staff’s lack of time, a mother’s need to navigate and traverse complex spaces, and a practitioner’s reliance on well-trodden obstetric routines cause unnecessary and lasting harm for women in childbirth. Additionally, Haltinner offers suggestions towards improving current practices, incorporating case models from other countries as well as mothers’ embodied knowledge.
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Kristin Haltinner is associate professor of sociology at the University of Idaho.

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This worthwhile, grounded study features women's stories, a historical perspective, the recognition of power, and the possibility of change. Haltinner appropriately utilizes Michel Foucault's theories to emphasize three key elements of time, space, and routine that contribute to women's traumatic birth experiences. The self-identified women from the rural northwestern US with whom Haltinner spoke give voice to their perceived trauma due to their lack of control, which shines a negative light on providers and the larger health care system against a backdrop of patriarchy, violence, hatred, support, and invisibility. The author presents Finland’s structure of government-funded obstetric care and Germany’s postpartum mental health support to underscore the need for social change in the US through free universal health coverage along with reforms to address mental health, family leave, and other changes to health care…. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

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