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"It's not about place it's about space" : place-of-birth decision-making in Cork, Ireland

Creator:

Houtman, Leah S.

Abstract:

Despite apparently supportive national policies, including nation-wide legalization of home birth and coverage by the national health care system of the costs associated with that option, these births account for less than 1% of all births in the Republic of Ireland. Using data collected during participant observation, both in person...

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Masters Thesis

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(Kennedy 2002 & 2012). Still, 40% of women in Ireland choose to pay
Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Houtman, Leah S.

Abstract:

About 1% of U.S. births each year are planned home births (Vital Statistics Reports 2017). Of these, roughly 10% transfer to a higher level of care during labor (Melissa Cheyney et al. 2014), yet their experiences are rarely heard. Storytelling has long been used not only as entertainment, but as...

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Masters Thesis