Emotional labour in midwifery care: Balancing between woman’s autonomy and clinical control during childbirth through watchful attendance
This article explores midwives' engagement with emotional labour. Drawing on theorisation first proposed by Arlie Hochschild, we investigate how midwives display emotions to induce certain emotional states in the birthing woman and, while doing so, simultaneously regulate their own emotions. In...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-06-01
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| Series: | SSM: Qualitative Research in Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321525000241 |
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