SACKRED Birth

This book offers a new obstetric quality paradigm to address violations of physical and emotional safety during childbirth hospitalization. It's a vital call for prioritizing Black mothers' expressions, expectations, and experiences in clinical practice, decision-making, and care delivery.

Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG is an improvement and implementation scientist activist, community OBGYN, and applied epidemiologist currently serving as the Chief Black Feminist Physician Scientist, CEO, and Owner of Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC.

Chapter 1: When Existing Paradigms Never Served Us Chapter 2: Racism: Manifestations of anti-Black Racism and Misogynoir Chapter 3: Safety and Accountability Chapter 4: Bodily and Decisional Autonomy Chapter 5: Communication and Information Exchange Chapter 6: Given and Chosen Kinship Chapter 7: Holistic Care: Empathy, Humanity, and Dignity in Blackness Chapter 8: Emancipating Black Reproducing Bodies and Black Births References