Nurse-Midwifery The Birth of a New American Profession / Laura E. Ettinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwifery--history--United States.

Midwifery.

History, 20th Century--United States.

History, 20th Century.

Midwives--history--United States.

Midwives.

Midwives--United States--History.

Midwifery--United States--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 269 p.) : ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Conception: nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth

Early labor pains, 1925-1940

Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service: Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race

New York City's Maternity Center Association: educational opportunities and urban constraints

Active labor, 1940-1960

Transitions: new directions, new limitations

Traditions: home birth in a high-tech age

Don't push: struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity

Epilogue: afterbirth: learning from the past, looking to the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8142-7251-7

OCLC:

1229912848

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access