Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes
Patricia Kennedy, "Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes "
English | ISBN: 0415738946 | 2015 | 282 pages | EPUB | 1524 KB
English | ISBN: 0415738946 | 2015 | 282 pages | EPUB | 1524 KB
This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women.
Each substantive chapter focuses on a different country, presenting detailed contextual information on health care provision, maternity interventions and birth outcomes there. They discuss key issues such as birth rates and fertility patterns, the role of patient choice, attitudes to place of birth and maternity entitlements among others, and the countries covered represent diverse welfare regimes, including Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. An extended introduction and a conclusion draw the book together and place it in the context of the literature on comparative welfare regimes.
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