Abstract:
:In the face of increasing intervention in childbirth, 'normal birth' is currently being promoted by the World Health Organization, national governments, professional bodies and other organisations throughout the world. This paper takes a postmodernist stance and explores the idea of the 'normal' before going on to analyse normal childbirth, referring to concepts of the normal and the natural. It refers to historical developments in childbearing and lay organisations along with research relating to women's views of childbirth, to question the appropriateness of using 'normal' to describe the very individual experiences of childbirth. It laments the way in which women have been treated and arguably continue to be 'cared for' in maternity/obstetric services. It adds to the current discussion by recalling psychoanalytical theory and philosophical analysis to conclude with a call for future consideration of the 'good-enough' birth instead of concentrating on promoting normal birth which is very difficult, if not impossible to define in retrospect, or to prospectively promote.
journal_name
Nurs Inqjournal_title
Nursing inquiryauthors
Darra Sdoi
10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00467.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-12-01 00:00:00pages
297-305issue
4eissn
1320-7881issn
1440-1800pii
NIN467journal_volume
16pub_type
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