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The site of the labour process, as described in the study is that of a hospital labour ward, and this is, of course, the overwhelmingly common experience of birth for both ‘labouring’ women and practising midwives in Britain today.
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© 1995 Sheila Hunt and Anthea Symonds
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Hunt, S.C., Symonds, A. (1995). The site of the labour process. In: The Social Meaning of Midwifery. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13411-3_1
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