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Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leavitt, Judith Walzer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--United States--History--20th century.
- Childbirth.
- Fatherhood--United States--History--20th century.
- Fatherhood.
- Labor, Obstetric--history.
- History.
- United States.
- Father-Child Relations.
- Fathers--psychology.
- History, 20th Century.
- Infant, Newborn.
- Parturition.
- Medical Subjects:
- Labor, Obstetric--history.
- United States.
- Father-Child Relations.
- Fathers--psychology.
- History, 20th Century.
- Infant, Newborn.
- Parturition.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807832554
- 0807832553
- OCLC:
- 261174624
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