Between stigma and mother-blame
Blind mothers' experiences in USA hospital postnatal care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249001 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Frederick (Department of Anthropology & Sociology Rhodes College Memphis USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1127-1141 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12286 |
| PMID | 25929453 |
| OpenAlex | W2067859044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study examines instances of discrimination that blind mothers in the USA have experienced at the hands of doctors, nurses and social workers during hospital postnatal care. The author identifies postnatal care as the time when blind mothers are likely to face the most stigmatising interactions with medical staff, as it is when scepticism about their competence as mothers is at its height. The author argues these interactions must be understood within their institutional context in which ideologies of risk and mother-blame are embedded in hospital postnatal practices
Blame · Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Ideology · Political science · Postnatal Care · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Skepticism · Stigma (botany · Disability Rights and Representation · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |