Birth Choice Essay

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STUDENT DETAILS [pic] ACAP Student ID: 183125 Name: Natalie Warren Course: BASSIX Bachelor of Applied Social Science ASSESSMENT DETAILS [pic] Unit/Module: SOS1011 Introduction to Contemporary Society Educator: Dominiek Coates Assessment Name: Academic Essay, Assignment 2, Birth Choices. Assessment Number: Assessment 2 Term & Year: Term 2, 2011. Word Count: 2,185 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work, based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment, nor parts of it, has not been previously submitted for any other unit/module or course, and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of another student and/or persons. I have read the ACAP Student Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct Policy and understand its implications. I also declare, if this is a practical skills assessment, that a Client/Interviewee Consent Form has been read and signed by both parties, and where applicable parental consent has been obtained. The right of women to choose a planned home birth has become an issue within contemporary Australian society. At present women nursed by suitably qualified midwives at home are not funded by the Australian Medicare rebate system (Department of Health and Ageing, 2011) Similarly, midwives that attend home birth are not eligible for medical indemnity insurance to cover this practice. This not only places economic barriers upon the right of choice, but challenges women’s right to equality within the health care system. This essay will address the social issue of home birth, historical analysis of the change in perceptions from home to hospital birthing, a discussion on the reporting of the social issue in media articles run by two newspapers and examination of a sociological theory in relation to the media. The rights of women to
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