Best Laid Birth Plans: a relational analysis of the legal rights of birthing people in Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorMykitiuk, Roxanne
dc.contributor.authorStevenson, Julianne Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T18:03:55Z
dc.date.available2024-03-18T18:03:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-16
dc.date.updated2024-03-16T10:39:18Z
dc.degree.disciplineLaw
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameLLM - Master of Laws
dc.description.abstractWhile it is trite law in Canada that patients have the right to make their own medical decisions, news reports, regulatory complaints, and civil claims indicate that this right is failing to translate to delivery rooms. This thesis examines the gaps between the legal rights of birthing people in Canada as they exist “on the books” and the way those rights are experienced, using the critical theory of Law in Action. Building on feminist critiques of the traditional liberal conception of autonomy, this thesis conceptualizes childbirth as an experience deeply embedded in relations to others and concludes that to close the gaps between legal rights and lived experiences, we must craft law and policy in a manner that accounts for the broader relational context in which childbirth occurs.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41912
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subject.keywordsHealth law
dc.subject.keywordsHealthcare
dc.subject.keywordsHuman rights
dc.subject.keywordsBirth
dc.subject.keywordsChildbirth
dc.subject.keywordsLabour
dc.subject.keywordsPregnancy
dc.subject.keywordsRelational autonomy
dc.subject.keywordsAutonomy
dc.subject.keywordsConsent
dc.subject.keywordsDignity
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-determination
dc.subject.keywordsRestorative justice
dc.subject.keywordsReproductive rights
dc.subject.keywordsObstetric violence
dc.subject.keywordsObstetrics
dc.subject.keywordsObstetrician
dc.subject.keywordsMidwifery
dc.subject.keywordsMidwives
dc.subject.keywordsPhysician
dc.subject.keywordsCaesarean section
dc.subject.keywordsC-section
dc.subject.keywordsVaginal delivery
dc.subject.keywordsBirth plans
dc.subject.keywordsHome birth
dc.subject.keywordsFree birth
dc.subject.keywordsNewborn
dc.subject.keywordsFetus
dc.subject.keywordsBirthing people
dc.subject.keywordsWomen
dc.subject.keywordsBirth evacuation
dc.subject.keywordsBirth alert
dc.subject.keywordsCanada Health Act
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.titleBest Laid Birth Plans: a relational analysis of the legal rights of birthing people in Canada
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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