| CODE | MID3009 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Social Aspects of Midwifery | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Midwifery | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Learning Objectives: By the end of the study-unit the students will be able to: - Evaluate new trends in women’s reproductive health from a sociological perspective; - Demonstrate knowledge of the various theories that underlie sociological perspectives of midwifery; - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural context which influences women and their lives and in which they become parents; - Demonstrate knowledge on the diversity of family structure, social and demographic changes that impact on the family; - Gain an insight into issues of stereotyping and racism within the context of midwifery care provision and practice. Content: - Women and society; - Women and poverty; - The family; - Race and ethnicity; - Refugee women; - Maternal infant attachment; - Medicalisation of childbirth; - Social support and childbirth; - Fathers and childbirth; - Childbirth and sexual abuse during childhood; - The new reproductive technologies: threat or opportunity; - Breastfeeding: a natural phenomenon or a cultural construct. Reading List: Main Text: - Hunt, S., and Symonds, A. (1995). The Social Meaning of Midwifery. London: Macmillan. Supplementary Readings: - Page, L. (1995). Effective Group Practice in Midwifery. London: Blackwell Science. - Squire, C. (2009). The Social Context of Birth (2nd ed.): Radcliffe Publishing. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Rita Pace Parascandalo |
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