 Sheila Kitzinger
rediscovers birth
Sheila Kitzinger is respected the world over as a social anthropologist of
birth and a leading authority on pregnancy and motherhood. Author of
23 books - published in 19 different languages - her advice is treasured by millions...
Kitzinger is
honorary professor at Thames Valley University, where she teaches an MA in
midwifery in the Wolfson School of Health Sciences. She also
teaches workshops on the social anthropology of birth and
breastfeeding and on unhappiness after childbirth for birth educators
and postnatal counsellors.
She campaigns for women to have the information they need to
make choices about childbirth and is a strong believer in the
benefits of home birth.
Her research includes work on women's
experiences of antenatal care, birth plans, induction of labour,
epidurals, episiotomy, hospital care in childbirth, children's
experiences of being present at birth, post traumatic stress following
childbirth and the many different messages that touch can give during
childbirth.
Kitzinger's latest book, Rediscovering Birth, brings together
much of the research she has carried out over the decades and provides
a fascinating insight into birth in the different cultures across the
globe. Read a full review of the
book
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