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Trials of labour : the re-emergence of midwifery / Brian Burtch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burtch, Brian E.
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on public affairs.
- Critical perspectives on public affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwifery--Canada.
- Midwifery.
- Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.
- Midwives.
- Obstetrics--Canada.
- Obstetrics.
- Obstetrics--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Buffalo, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Trials of Labour is a detailed study of the available social science literature on childbirth and midwifery. Brian Burtch highlights the difficulties associated with the present lack of regulation of midwifery, pointing to ways of reducing the dangers through establishing guidelines for domiciliary midwifery.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- The Midwifery Movement in Canada
- The State and Health Care
- Historical and Crosscultural Aspects of Midwifery
- "To Be with Woman": Midwifery Practice in Canada
- Midwives and the Law
- Moving into Midwifery: Paradoxes of Legalization
- Glossary
- Table of Cases
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85674-X
- 9786612856747
- 0-7735-6445-4
- OCLC:
- 929121302
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