| Description |
xii, 393 pages ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
General Introduction / E. R. van Teijlingen, G. Lowis and P. McCaffery / [et al.] -- Sociological Factors Affecting the Medicalization of Midwifery / G. W. Lowis and P. G. McCaffery -- History of Midwifery: Introduction / E. R. van Teijlingen -- Midwives & Maternity Care in the Roman World / V. French -- Early Modern Midwifery: A Case Study / M. E. Wiesner -- Louyse Bourgeois and the Emergence of Modern Midwifery / P. A. Kalisch, M. Scobey and B. J. Kalisch -- Is Childbirth any Place for a Woman? The Decline of Midwifery in Eighteenth-Century England / B. B. Schnorrenberg -- Perrette the Midwife: A Fifteenth Century Witchcraft Case / T. R. Forbes -- The Decline of the Midwife / J. Donnison -- The Different Stages of the Elimination of Midwives in Quebec / H. Laforce -- Midwife Regulation, Education, & Practice in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century / M. J. Van Lieburg and H. Marland -- Midwifery in Contemporary Industrialized Society / M. Porter -- Models of Midwifery Care: Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands / S. McKay -- Maternity Home Care Assistants in the Netherlands / E. R. van Teijlingen -- The Role and Responsibilities of the Midwife in Scotland / J. Askham and R. S. Barbour -- Domino Delivery: The Domino Delivery Scheme in Somerset allows Community Midwives to use their Midwifery Skills to the Fullest / M. Beck -- Changing Childbirth? The British Midwife's Role in Research and Innovation / M. Porter -- An Exception to the Canadian Case: Autonomous Midwifery at the Margins / C. Benoit -- Medical Models and Midwifery: The Cultural Experience of Birth / R. Lichtman -- The Traditional Midwife and the Medicalisation of Maternity Care: A "Cross Cultural Perspective" / G. W. Lowis -- Childbirth and Change: a Guatemalan Study / S. Cosminsky -- A Baby is Born in Merchang / C. Laderman -- A Descriptive Study of the Changing Roles and Practices of TBA in Zimbabwe / B. T. Sparks -- Jidda: The Traditional Midwife of Yemen / L. M. Scheepers -- Traditional Birth Attendants in Rural North India: The Social Organization of Childbearing / R. Jeffery and P. M. Jeffery -- An Alternative to Unattended Delivery - A Training Programme for Village Midwifes in Papua New Guinea / W. A. Alto, R. E. Albu and G. Irabo -- The Politics of Midwifery: Introduction / P. McCaffery -- The Context of Nurse Midwifery in the 1980s: Our Relationships with Medicine, Nursing, Lay-Midwives, Consumers and Health Care Economists / J. P. Rooks -- The Trap of Legal Recognition / R. G. DeVries -- Who Cares for Women? Science versus Love in Midwifery Today / A. Oakley -- The Elimination of the Midwife / C. E. Ziegler -- The European Midwife / I. Loudon -- Interview with Professor Gerrit-Jan Kloosterman / R. van Daalen and R. van Goor -- A Cross-National Analysis of Midwifery Politics: Six Lessons for Midwives / E. R. Declercq -- Choice, Continuity & Control: Changing Midwifery towards a Sociological Perspective / J. Sandall -- Whither Midwifery: The Future of Midwifery / E. R. van Teijlingen -- Midwifery: Which Way Forward? / R. Jenkins -- Midwifery: Profession with a Future / P. Burrows -- The Vision: Proposals for the Future of the Maternity Services / Arm -- The Future of Midwifery Practices: A Personal View / J. S. Crawford |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medicalization.
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Midwifery -- Social aspects.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
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Maternal health services -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Van Teijlingen, Edwin
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| LC no. |
99014711 |
| ISBN |
1560726806 |
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