Health, Risk & Society, Volume 16, Issue 1 (2014)

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Risk, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Editorial

Editorial
Pregnancy, birth and risk: an introduction
Barbara Katz Rothman
Pages: 1-6
Published online: 21 Feb 2014
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The Emergence of Risk Discourses in Pregnancy and Childbirth: Medicalisation, Feminism and Eugenics

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‘Knowledge is power’: risk and the moral responsibilities of the expectant mother at the turn of the twentieth century
Helga Kristin Hallgrimsdottir & Bryan Eric Benner
Pages: 7-21
Published online: 19 Dec 2013
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Risky Pregnancy Behaviour: Policing Women

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‘I don’t think it’s risky, but…’: pregnant women’s risk perceptions of maternal drinking and smoking
Raphaël Hammer & Sophie Inglin
Pages: 22-35
Published online: 18 Dec 2013
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Review Article
The risk of being ‘too honest’: drug use, stigma and pregnancy
Camille Stengel
Pages: 36-50
Published online: 18 Dec 2013
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Birth and Risk Management: Managing the Risks of the Birthplace

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To what extent are women free to choose where to give birth? How discourses of risk, blame and responsibility influence birth place decisions
Kirstie Coxon, Jane Sandall & Naomi J. Fulop
Pages: 51-67
Published online: 28 Nov 2013
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Negotiating risky bodies: childbirth and constructions of risk
Rachelle Joy Chadwick & Don Foster
Pages: 68-83
Published online: 05 Dec 2013
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Managing the Risks of Medicalisation

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Time, risk and midwife practice: the vaginal examination
Mandie Scamell & Mary Stewart
Pages: 84-100
Published online: 05 Feb 2014
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Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine
Mary Mitchell & Stuart McClean
Pages: 101-116
Published online: 20 Dec 2013
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