Birth Rites and Rights

Fatemeh Ebtehaj is associate member of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge. Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. Martin Johnson is Professor of Reproductive Sciences in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge.

MARTIN RICHARDS
Part 1: Experiences and Rites of Birth
1 Becoming a Mother: Continuities and Discontinuities over Three Decades
ANN OAKLEY, MEG WIGGINS, VICKI STRANGE, MARY SAWTELL AND HELEN AUSTERBERRY
2 Changing Medical Birth Rites in Britain 1970-2010
FRANÇOISE BARBIRA FREEDMAN
3 Are Doctors Still Improving Childbirth?
SUSAN BEWLEY AND LIN FOO
4 The Midwife-Mother Relationship
MAVIS KIRKHAM
Part 2: Status and Consequences of Birth
5 The Loneliness of Status: The Legal and Moral Significance of Birth
JONATHAN HERRING
6 Refusing Medical Treatment During Pregnancy and Birth: Ethical and Legal Issues
ROSAMUND SCOTT
7 The Consequences for Preterm Infants of Antenatal Glucocorticoid Treatment
ALISON FORHEAD AND ABIGAIL FOWDEN
8 Fathers, Birth and Law
RICHARD COLLIER
Part 3: After Birth
9 Recording Births: From the Reformation to the Welfare Reform Act
REBECCA PROBERT
10 The Changing Form of Birth Registration
JULIE MCCANDLESS
11 Birthright had Nothing to do with It; Royal Inheritance in the Middle Ages
FRANCIS WOODMAN
12 Infanticide and Insanity in 19th Century England
SHELLEY DAY SCLATER
Part 4: Timing of Birth
13 Explaining the Trend towards Older First Time Mothers – A Life Course Perspective
IRENEE DALY
14 Too Late or Too Many – Dilemmas Facing the Modern Woman Seeking Help with Fertility
PETER BRAUDE AND TAREK EL-TOUKHY
15 IVF Birth Data Presentation: Its Impact on Clinical Practice and Patient Choice
EMILY JACKSON AND HOSSAM ABDALLA