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