Amelia Tibbott
- Email: rshm4521@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: What are the implications of the emerging social rhetoric conflating the perfect pregnancy and birth with the natural, unassisted pregnancy and birth?
- Supervisor: Dr Natasha McKeever, Dr Robbie Arrell
Profile
My thesis seeks to explore the implications of the “good” birth which, since the Western feminist revival in the 1970s, has been conflated with the natural, unassisted birth. It will provide a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the deep-rooted cultural and psychological ideologies that contribute to the conceptual ambiguity surrounding childbirth. It employs a mixed methodology, integrating empirical literature to contextualise the practical implications before presenting the philosophical arguments that underpin these issues. Specifically, it will examine the lived experience of birth shame, the moral permissibility of shaming others (both as a form of coercion and more generally), and the refusal of medical interventions during the intrapartum period.
I am also a registered Midwife with significant experience caring for women with complex underlying medical conditions.
Research interests
- Normative ethics and duties
- Medical ethics (consent, coercion and autonomy)
- Feminist philosophy
- Medical misogyny
- Applied ethics
- Shame
Qualifications
- BSc(Hons), Midwifery - University of Leeds
- PG Cert, Health Research - University of Leeds
- MA, Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics - University of Leeds