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Who's having this baby? : perspectives on birthing / by Helen M. Sterk ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--History.
- Childbirth.
- Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies.
- Women patients.
- Civil rights.
- Midwifery.
- History.
- Childbirth in literature.
- Midwifery--History.
- Women patients--Civil rights.
- Women's rights.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- 177 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This work draws upon the insights of the authors and the women they interviewed in answering the question, "Who's having this baby?, " arguing that women should become active participants in their own birthing experiences, and that caregiving systems should change to accommodate women during birth.
- Contents:
- Childbirth in America: a historical perspective / Carla H. Hay
- Bearing witness to birth: a literary perspective / Krista Ratcliffe
- Communication, care, and control: a communication perspective / Helen M. Sterk
- Birthing on the reservation: an anthropological perspective / Alice Beck Kehoe
- Control versus reciprocity: a nurse/midwife perspective / Leona VandeVusse
- Partners or patients? A conclusion / Helen M. Sterk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0870136151
- OCLC:
- 48951071
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