Navigating Responsibility in Premature Birth and Hospitalisation
Mothers' Experiences of Australian Neonatal Units
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 24. September 2026
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-1-041-01887-2 (ISBN)
Description
Adrienne Byrt explores the experiences of mothers of premature infants through a feminist lens to bring to light the gendered demands they face within Australian hospitals.
The book provides sociological insights and recommendations for the delivery of trauma-informed care that resists the reproduction of gendered demands on new parents. Exploring the multidimensional aspects of patriarchal motherhood across individual, interactional, and institutional domains, the book shares rich accounts of mothers' emotional and social challenges during the extended hospitalisation of their infants. This provides readers with an enhanced understanding of the gendered demands placed on these mothers and the gaps in the provision of trauma-informed support during hospitalisation.
A valuable book for scholars and academics in the sociology of families, motherhood studies and feminist theory, the book will also be of interest to health professionals working in neonatal intensive care units and special care nurseries.
The book provides sociological insights and recommendations for the delivery of trauma-informed care that resists the reproduction of gendered demands on new parents. Exploring the multidimensional aspects of patriarchal motherhood across individual, interactional, and institutional domains, the book shares rich accounts of mothers' emotional and social challenges during the extended hospitalisation of their infants. This provides readers with an enhanced understanding of the gendered demands placed on these mothers and the gaps in the provision of trauma-informed support during hospitalisation.
A valuable book for scholars and academics in the sociology of families, motherhood studies and feminist theory, the book will also be of interest to health professionals working in neonatal intensive care units and special care nurseries.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
8 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 8 s/w Abbildungen
8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-01887-2 (9781041018872)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Adrienne Byrt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Transformative Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Content
1. Gender and trauma-informed care in neonatal nurseries 2. Premature birth stories: Unknowns, uncertainty, and medical misogyny 3. Making the intensive mother: Tracking, knowledge, and advocacy 4. Failure and feeding: Women's struggles with breastfeeding demands 5. Navigating isolation during the premature transition to parenthood 6. Interacting within the institution: Disillusionment, despair, and dependence 7. Towards social trauma-informed care in neonatal nurseries