Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE (born 29 March 1929 in Taunton, Somerset) is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. Although she lectures on midwifery she has never been a midwife. She campaigns for women to have the information they need to make choices about childbirth.She is honorary professor at University of West London and teaches the MA in midwifery in the Wolfson School of Health Sciences. She also teaches workshops on the social anthropology of birth and breastfeeding.She is a strong believer that all women who are not at high risk should be given the choice to benefit from a home birth . She is a keen writer and her books cover women's experiences of antenatal care, birth plans, induction of labour, epidurals, episiotomy, hospital care in childbirth, children's experiences of being present at birth and post traumatic stress following childbirth.. }
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- Sheila_Kitzinger abstract "Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE (born 29 March 1929 in Taunton, Somerset) is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. Although she lectures on midwifery she has never been a midwife. She campaigns for women to have the information they need to make choices about childbirth.She is honorary professor at University of West London and teaches the MA in midwifery in the Wolfson School of Health Sciences. She also teaches workshops on the social anthropology of birth and breastfeeding.She is a strong believer that all women who are not at high risk should be given the choice to benefit from a home birth . She is a keen writer and her books cover women's experiences of antenatal care, birth plans, induction of labour, epidurals, episiotomy, hospital care in childbirth, children's experiences of being present at birth and post traumatic stress following childbirth.".