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Title:
Mainstreaming midwives : the politics of change / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
x, 559 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Midwifery--United States--history
Midwives--United States--History.
Midwifery--history--United States.
Nurse Midwives--history--United States.
Politics--United States
Professional Autonomy--United States.
Sages-femmes--États-Unis--Histoire.
Other Authors:
Davis-Floyd, Robbie.
Johnson, Christine Barbara, 1952-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Risks, costs, and effects of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson with Amy Colo -- Idealism and pragmatism in the creation of the certified midwife : the development of midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992 / Maureen May and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Qualified commodification: the creation of the certified professional midwife / Robbie Davis-Floyd -- "The governor's full support" : legalizing direct-entry midwifery in Florida / Melissa Denmark -- Minnesota direct-entry midwives : achieving legislative success through focusing on families, safety, and women's rights / Mary M. Lay and Kerry Dixon -- Risks, costs, and effects of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson with Amy Colo --
Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretake the power of birth / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd "I'm living my politics" : legalizing and licensing direct-entry midwives in Iowa / Carolyn A. Hough -- Creating a way out of no way : midwifery in Massachusetts / Christine Barbara Johnson -- From calling to career: keeping the social movement in the professional project / Betty-Anne Daviss -- Renegade midwives : assets or liabilities? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson -- Home to hospital transport : fractured articulation or magical mandorlas? / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretake the power of birth / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd
ISBN:
9780415931519 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415931517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780415931502 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415931509 (hardback : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)62341443
LCCN:
2005031271
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

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