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Mainstreaming midwives : the politics of change / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Davis-Floyd, Robbie.
Johnson, Christine Barbara, 1952-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Midwifery--United States--History.
Midwifery.
Midwives--United States--History.
Midwives.
Midwifery--history.
History.
United States.
Nurse Midwives--history.
Politics.
Professional Autonomy.
Medical Subjects:
Midwifery--history.
United States.
Nurse Midwives--history.
Politics.
Professional Autonomy.
Physical Description:
x, 559 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2006.
Contents:
ACNM and MANA : divergent histories and convergent trends / Robbie Davis-Floyd
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
"Every breath is political, every woman's life a statement" : cross-class organizing for midwifery in Virginia / Christa Craven
"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
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0415931509
9780415931502
0415931517
9780415931519
OCLC:
62341443

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