Rachel Emma Westfall

Summary

Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. Use of anti-emetic herbs in pregnancy: women's choices, and the question of safety and efficacy
    Rachel Emma Westfall
    Department of Biology, Box 3020, STN CSC, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2
    Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 10:30-6
  2. The rhetoric of "natural" in natural childbirth: childbearing women's perspectives on prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour
    Rachel Emma Westfall
    Department of Anthropology, Box 3050, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P5, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 59:1397-408

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. Use of anti-emetic herbs in pregnancy: women's choices, and the question of safety and efficacy
    Rachel Emma Westfall
    Department of Biology, Box 3020, STN CSC, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2
    Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 10:30-6
    ..While safety concerns exist in the literature for all three herbs with regards to their use by pregnant women, clinical evidence of harm is lacking...
  2. The rhetoric of "natural" in natural childbirth: childbearing women's perspectives on prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour
    Rachel Emma Westfall
    Department of Anthropology, Box 3050, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P5, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 59:1397-408
    ..The findings are interpreted by examining the literature on the medicalization/healthicization of childbirth...