Sheila Kitzinger: Pregnancy and childbirth author dies aged 86
Sheila Kitzinger: Pregnancy and childbirth author dies aged 86
ABC News 9 hrs ago
© ABC News Sheila Kitzinger wrote more than 25 books on Pregnancy and childbirth.
Prolific author and anthropologist Sheila Kitzinger – who wrote more than 25 books on childbirth – has died in the United Kingdom at the age of 86.
In the 1960s and ’70s she developed the concept of a ‘birth plan’, which aimed to give more choice to pregnant women.
She believed mothers, not clinicians, should be the focus during childbirth.
Sheila Kitzinger came to be seen as a pioneer in her field and received an Order of the British Empire.
Her books included The New Pregnancy and Childbirth, and Understanding Your Crying Baby.