Jan 30, 2019
On the first part of this episode we will be speaking with Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, about the history of birthing and how technology has impacted how women give birth today.
Robbie Davis Floyd is a senior research fellow with the department of Anthropology at the University of Texas Austin, and is a fellow for the Society of Applied Anthropology. She is a well-known cultural-medical anthropologist, international speaker, and researcher in transformational models in childbirth, midwifery, and obstetrics. She is the author of over 80 articles, and of the book "Birth as an American Right of Passage," and of the new anthology of her most popular works all revised and updated for publication in "Ways of Knowing About Birth: Mothers, Midwives, Medicine, and Birth Activism." Most of her published articles are freely available on her website, www.Davis-floyd.com.
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