Sheila Kitzinger
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British midwife, anthropologist and activist
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- Bachelors Anthropology University of Oxford
- Masters Anthropology University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE was a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She wrote more than 20 books and had a worldwide reputation as a passionate and committed advocate for change.
Sheila Kitzinger's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Experience of Childbirth (1963) (103)
- Pregnancy and Childbirth (1989) (103)
- The Politics of Birth (2005) (80)
- Women as mothers (1978) (74)
- Woman's experience of sex (1983) (44)
- Ourselves as Mothers: The Universal Experience of Motherhood (1992) (41)
- Why do women go along with this stuff? (2006) (39)
- Birth trauma: talking with women and the value of conversation analysis (2007) (38)
- Rediscovering the social model of childbirth. (2012) (35)
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth (1980) (27)
- Birth as rape: There must be an end to `just in case' obstetrics (2006) (25)
- Protest and Mysticisim: The Rastafari Cult of Jamaica (1969) (21)
- The New Pregnancy and Childbirth (1990) (19)
- SHEILA KITZINGER'S LETTER FROM ENGLAND: Birth Plans (1992) (16)
- The Experience of Breastfeeding (1980) (14)
- Sheila Kitzinger's and Jenny Kitzinger's letter from Europe: childbirth and breastfeeding in the British media. (2001) (14)
- Pain in childbirth. (1978) (14)
- Episiotomy and the Second Stage of Labor (1984) (14)
- The Rastafarian Brethren of Jamaica (1966) (13)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: the cesarean epidemic in Great Britain. (1998) (13)
- The fourth trimester? (1975) (12)
- Some cultural perspectives of birth (2000) (12)
- Birth at home (1979) (11)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: obstetric metaphors and marketing. (1999) (10)
- The new good birth guide (1983) (10)
- Tensions and Barriers in Improving Maternity Care (2010) (10)
- Birth plans: how are they being used? (1999) (9)
- The Crying Baby (1989) (9)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: what's happening to midwives in Europe? (2004) (8)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: how can we help pregnant women and mothers in prison? (1997) (8)
- Becoming a Grandmother: A Life Transition (1996) (8)
- The Year After Childbirth (1994) (7)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: home birth matters. (2000) (7)
- Who would choose to have a caesarean (2001) (7)
- The Good Birth Guide (1979) (7)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: the waterbirth debate up-to-date. (2000) (7)
- Breastfeeding Your Baby (1998) (7)
- Letter from Europe: home birth, midwives, and doulas. (2008) (7)
- The place of birth. A study of the environment in which birth takes place with special reference to home confinements. (1978) (7)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: the making of an obstetrician. (2007) (6)
- Conditional Philanthropy towards Colored Students in Britain (1960) (6)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England. (1991) (6)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: pregnant asylum seekers: the dispossessed. (2004) (5)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: the politics of birth. (2003) (5)
- Talking with Children About Things That Matter (1989) (5)
- Effects of induction on the mother-baby relationship. (1976) (4)
- A Passion for Birth: My Life: Anthropology, Family and Feminism (2015) (4)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: silence is collusion. (2002) (4)
- Letter from Europe: should fathers be banned from birth? (2010) (4)
- West Indian adolescents : an anthropological perspective. (1978) (4)
- Natural childbirth is inappropriate in a modern world (2002) (4)
- Letter from England: home birth--a call for action. (1994) (3)
- Human rights and midwifery. (2011) (3)
- The new pregnancy & childbirth : choices and challenges (2003) (3)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: awake, aware--and action! (2001) (3)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England: is water birth dangerous? (1995) (3)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: midwives on trial. (1999) (3)
- Birth in prison. The rights of the baby. (1999) (3)
- Freedom and choice in childbirth : Making pregnancy decisions and birth plans (1988) (3)
- Letter from Europe: home birth reborn. (2008) (3)
- Letter from Europe: kick-starting the uterus. (2011) (2)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England: birth in a fresh climate? (2007) (2)
- Flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks after birth (2004) (2)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: what makes a good mother? Is that the only question? (2006) (2)
- Challenges in antenatal education. 3. A fresh look at the second stage. (1977) (2)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: birth speak. (1996) (2)
- Birth and. violence against women: generating hypotheses from women's acc:ounts of unhappiness after childbirth (2013) (2)
- Experiences of Obstetric Practices in Differing Countries (1984) (2)
- Specialist life -- Sheila Kitzinger. (2002) (2)
- What Do We Tell the Children (2002) (2)
- Nurturing Mothers (1983) (1)
- Taking labour off the assembly line (2017) (1)
- Audio-visual aids in childbirth education. (1965) (1)
- Giving emotional pain a name. (2007) (1)
- Waterbirth and song. (2000) (1)
- Sex before and after childbirth. (1972) (1)
- Letter from England: a strong step forward for maternity services. (1992) (1)
- Letter from Europe: water birth: just a fad? (2009) (1)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England: the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in times of war. (1993) (1)
- Memahami tangisan bayi (2005) (1)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: what do we tell the children? (2002) (1)
- Home birth: a social process, not a medical crisis. (2005) (1)
- Book Reviews : Care in the Balance: a study of collaboration between hospital and community services, by Lisbeth Hockey, S.R.N., S.C.M. 163 pp. QUEEN'S INSTITUTE OF DISTRICT NURSING. London, 1968. 10s. 0d (1970) (0)
- Letter from Europe: a quick fix for crying? (2009) (0)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: court-ordered cesareans in the United Kingdom. (1998) (0)
- The story of the Birth Centre (2018) (0)
- Happy inductions. (1976) (0)
- Opposition to the Birth Centre (2018) (0)
- The Cultural Desexing of Childbirth: Birth as a Clinical Crisis (1982) (0)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England: prison babies. (1994) (0)
- Commentary Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives (2017) (0)
- Midwifery degraded. (2005) (0)
- Taking on the system and winning (2017) (0)
- Education and Counseling for Childbirth (1987) (0)
- Speaking the same language. Working with West Indian patients. (1974) (0)
- The writing on the wall (2018) (0)
- Criticisms of Drife's analysis merit publication in the paper BMJ (2018) (0)
- The research story (2018) (0)
- Interview with Sheila Kitzinger (2005) (0)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from England: should childbirth educators rock the boat? (1993) (0)
- An exploration of attitudes to childbirth Tina Cassidy B (2007) (0)
- Childbirth beyond models (2017) (0)
- Introducing birth centres (2017) (0)
- Building community and social capital (2017) (0)
- Antenatal Teaching: Training Or Education? (1969) (0)
- Who owns the women? Setting up the research project (2017) (0)
- Letter from England--birth plans. (1992) (0)
- Woman to Mother: A Transformation (1989) (0)
- Book Reviews : Caring for Children: a symposium on co-operation in child care, edited by M. L. Kellmer Pringle for the National Bureau for Co-operation in Child Care. 138 pp. LONGMANS GREEN & CO. LTD. London, 1969. £1 1s. 0d (1970) (0)
- Generations : a universal family album (1987) (0)
- A place to be born (1976) (0)
- [Opinion leaders in the United States and Europe. 2. Ms. Sheila Kitzinger: child birth in the harmony of body and mind. A discussion]. (1988) (0)
- Contraception: A practical and political guide: by Rose Shapiro, 218 pages. Virago, London, 1987. Price, Br£4.50 (1988) (0)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: women prisoners freed from birth chains: a successful campaign. (1996) (0)
- Points: Walking through labour (1987) (0)
- Renée Römkens: An open letter (1991) (0)
- The dream job: niche practice in midwifery (2018) (0)
- Exploring matrescent care (2017) (0)
- What life as a mother is really like? Ian Brockington Mo (1998) (0)
- 'When im seem bellyful im burps and stops'-breastfeeding contrasts. (1976) (0)
- Birth centres (2018) (0)
- Breast Feeding Your Baby (1989) (0)
- The experience of the Birth Centre midwives (2018) (0)
- Book Reviews : Environmental Problems: pesticides, thermal pollution, and environmental synergisms, edited by Billy Ray Wilson, PH.D. 183 pp. J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY (Philadelphia & Toronto) PITMAN MEDICAL PUBLISHING CO. LTD. (London) 1968. £3 0s. 0d (1970) (0)
- Reviews (1996) (0)
- Transforming people and buildings (2017) (0)
- Episiotomy (1982) (0)
- 10. Heterosexuality: Challenge and Opportunity (1992) (0)
- A fresh look at antenatal exercises. (1969) (0)
- Challenges in antenatal education. Part 2 - giving support in labor. (1977) (0)
- Challenges in antenatal education. 1. Immigrant women in childbirth--an anthropologist's view. (1977) (0)
- Section Iii Theory, Concepts, Research, Methodology (1970) (0)
- The crisis in Western childbirth (2017) (0)
- The Birth Centre: ideals, models and tensions (2018) (0)
- Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe: Moslem values and childbirth. (2005) (0)
- Spiralling downwards: interventions in the Birth Centre (2018) (0)
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