Decision-Making Around Pain and its Management during Labour and Birth

Karlsdóttir, Sigfríour Inga, Newnham, Elizabeth, Kristjánsdóttir, Hildur and Sanders, Ruth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-9862 (2019) Decision-Making Around Pain and its Management during Labour and Birth. In: Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery. Routledge, London, pp. 141-152. ISBN 9780367027285

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Abstract

This chapter presents a critical approach to the way that childbirth pain and its management has been viewed and emerging research that sheds light on how women themselves view labour pain, the impact of the midwife on women’s experiences, and how belief systems and environments can influence decision-making. It examines the influence of various paradigms on the way that pain-management decisions are made, including the way that information is shared with women. The chapter looks at some of the everyday assumptions that midwives, doctors and women themselves may have about approaching pain in labour. Salutogenesis is a theory of health that focuses on maximising the strength and well-being of each individual rather than focusing on risk and disease. The medical paradigm has been mainly proactive in its support of pharmaceutical analgesia in the birth space and has viewed labour pain as being of primary concern for women.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	decision making
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Related URLs:	https://www.routledge.com/Empowering-Dec...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2021 23:42
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 10:43
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80264
DOI:	10.4324/9780429398179

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