"Fathers' sharing in the birth experience can be……" — Sheila Kitzinger
"Fathers' sharing in the birth experience can be a stimulus for men's freedom to nurture, and a sign of changing relationships between men and women. In the same way, women's freedom to give birth at home is a political decision, an assertion of determination to reclaim the experience of birth. Birth at home is about changing society."
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Sheila Kitzinger
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9 Quotes by Sheila Kitzinger
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