Doulas in Italy: The Emergence of a 'New' Care Profession - Paperback

by Pamela Pasian (Author)

Interweaving ethnography and autoethnography, this book documents the emergence of doulas as care professionals in Italy. It considers their training, practices, and representation, and analyses their role in national and international context.

Author Biography

Pamela Pasian is a post-doctoral research fellow at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy and Professor of "Sociology of the Family" at the University of Padua, Italy.