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Author:

Leavitt, Judith Walzer.

Title:

Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Childbirth--United States--History--20th century.
Fatherhood--United States--History--20th century.
Labor, Obstetric--history--United States.
Father-Child Relations--United States.
Fathers--psychology--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Infant, Newborn--United States.
Parturition--United States.
Soziokultureller Wandel.
Vaterbild.
Geburt.
Vaterschaft.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-365) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : men matter -- Alone among strangers : the medicalization of childbirth -- Keeping vigil : fathers in waiting rooms -- The best backrubber : fathers move into labor rooms -- He wants to know : prenatal education for fathers -- Peaceful and confident : mothers and fathers in labor rooms -- Side by side : men move into delivery rooms -- We did it : together in delivery and birthing rooms -- Epilogue : expectant fathers' expectations.

ISBN:

0807832553 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807832554 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261174624

LCCN:

2008050473

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)