Problem Fear of childbirth negatively affects women during pregnancy and after birth. Aim
To summarise the findings of published studies regarding possible causes/predisposing …

Background Pregnancy and childbirth are significant events in women's lives and most
women have expectations or plans for how they hope their labour and birth will go. It is …

How quickly and in what ways are US maternity care practices changing due to the COVID-
19 pandemic? Our data indicate that partners and doulas are being excluded from birthing …

Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This
cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or …

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized
debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this …

From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social
interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal …

Using real-life examples and case histories and a highly readable, jargon-free style, this
volume addresses the complex interactions between health, illness, and culture. Integrating …

Reproducing Race, an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public
hospital, explores the role of race in the medical setting. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how …

Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching, firsthand accounts examine
how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal …

This groundbreaking volume provides a dramatic investigation of the dynamics of
reproduction. In an unusually broad spectrum of essays, a distinguished group of …