Kitzinger2007d

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Kitzinger2007d
BibType ARTICLE
Key Kitzinger2007d
Author(s) Celia Kitzinger, Sheila Kitzinger
Title Birth trauma: Talking with women and the value of conversation analysis
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Tag(s) EMCA, Medical EMCA, Telephone, Helplines, Conversation Analysis, Birth
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Year 2007
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Journal British Journal of Midwifery
Volume 15
Number 5
Pages 256–264
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DOI 10.12968/bjom.2007.15.5.23397
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Abstract

The skills of talking with women who have had unhappy birth experiences rarely find a place in midwifery education. Nor is it apparent from the literature just what these skills are, or how they can be implemented in the moment-by-moment unfolding of an interaction. Yet this is a vital part of any relationship that offers continuous support to women through the transition tomotherhood. We have recorded more than 400 calls to the Birth Crisis help-line, and used conversation analysis to explore the skills deployed in these interactions. We show some examples from the calls and describe how we use our analyses as a basis for workshops with midwives and other caregivers.

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