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The maternity care needs of refugee and asylum seeking women in Ireland

Verfasst von: Kennedy, Patricia [weitere]
in: Feminist review
London: 2003 , 39 - 53 S.

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Einrichtung: Ariadne | Wien
Verfasst von: Kennedy, Patricia; Murphy-Lawless, Jo
In: Feminist review
Jahr: 2003
Sprache: Englisch
Beschreibung:
This article presents some of the findings from the original research carried out with asylum seeking and refugee women in Ireland who were pregnant or who had recently given birth. The explosion in numers in Ireland from 1998 onwards has been such that this group now comprises more tahn one in five of every birth in the country's three major maternity hospitals, all based in Dublin. the article explores the background reasons for the major increase in recent years of this group of women. It discusses the difficult circumstances encountered by women who mus engage with a system of maternity care unused to such complex needs, amidst a general policy climate of uncertainty and even hostility towards asylum seekers. The research findings contribute to the feminist literature on maternity and challenge us to examine the way in which globalization is impacting on women as mothers and the need for challenging Western states anew on the development of a more coherent model of maternity care in response to the needs of such women
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