That is great! You will be here for one of Amelia’s orchestra concerts.
I can’t wait to see you.
Take care
Patty
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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS;Risk, Pregnancy and Childbirth
CALL FOR PAPERS
Risk, Pregnancy and Childbirth
Call for Papers for a special issue of
Health, Risk and Society
Guest editors: Kirstie Coxon, Mandie Scamell and Andy Alaszewski
In the context of the contemporary debates about the role and nature of risk in
pregnancy and childbirth, we invite papers for a special issue of
Health, Risk and
Society
we plan to publish in 2013. We particularly welcome empirical papers which
focus on the ways that risk is constructed during pregnancy and birth, where the
intended outcome is the live birth of a viable infant; that is, in this special issue, we
do not propose to focus on risks in relation to birth technologies such as IVF, genetic
screening, or antenatal screening for congenital abnormalities. Rather, we welcome
contributions to the debate on risk and safety in birth, in the management of birth,
and on different proponent positions in relation to this. Each paper should be
informed by risk theory, and the contribution to social understandings of risk
knowledge made clear.
We have provided further information on the background and theme of this call
in an Editorial in
Health, Risk & Society
(Coxon, Scamell and Alaszewski 2012). We
invite submissions that explore one or more of the following issues:
.
Risk and the everyday experience of pregnancy and childbirth
.
‘Managing’ birth: concepts of risk and time during labour
.
Risk and the representation of pregnancy and childbirth: the media, accountablity
and blame
.
Choice and decision making: who controls the pregnant body
This special issue will be published in 2013, probably in Volume 15.8. This will
ensure that any paper submitted by a UK-based academic is eligible for inclusion in
the 2013 REF exercise. The deadline for submitting papers, either original research
or critical reviews, via the journal website is
31/3/2013. Please consult the current
Health, Risk & Society
guidelines for advice on word length, format and submission.
The editors are willing to discuss draft proposals and to look at outlines of potential
papers. These should be emailed to the guest editors:
Kirstie Coxon ([log in to unmask]) Mandie Scamell ([log in to unmask].
uk) Andy Alaszewski ([log in to unmask])
Reference
Coxon, K., Scamell, M., and Alaszewski, A., 2012. Risk, pregnancy and childbirth: What do
we currently know and what do we need to know? An Editorial.
Health, Risk & Society, 14
(6), pp. 503–510.
Health, Risk & Society
Vol. 14, No. 6, September 2012, 605
Jane Sandall
Professor of Women's Health
Division of Women’s Health, King’s College London
Women’s Health Academic Centre King's Health Partners
10th Floor, North Wing, St. Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/medicine/research/divisions/wh/index.aspx
Tel: 020 7188 8149
Fax: 020 7620 1227
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