Shaw-Kitzinger2007
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Shaw-Kitzinger2007 |
| Author(s) | Rebecca Shaw, Celia Kitzinger |
| Title | Problem presentation and advice-giving on a home birth helpline: a feminist conversation analytic study |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Feminism, Helplines |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Feminism & Psychology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 203–213 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959353507076553 |
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Abstract
The rate of home births in the UK is very low (around 2%) and many women who would like to give birth at home find it impossible to get midwifery cover or are advised of medical contraindications. The Home Birth Helpline offers support and expertise for women in this situation. Based on the analysis of 80 recorded calls, this article uses conversation analysis (CA) to explore how callers present their reason for calling the helpline, and what this shows about the culturally shared medicalized culture of birth. This research is an example of feminist CA in that it contributes both to the study of childbirth as a key women's health issue and to the study of helpline interaction from a conversation analytic perspective
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