| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: why maternity care is not medical care -- pt. I. The politics of maternity care -- Where to give birth? Politics and the place of birth -- The state and birth/The state of birth: maternal health policy in three countries -- Changing birth : interest groups and maternal care policy -- Reforming birth and (re)making midwifery in North America -- Looking within : race, class, and birth -- pt. II. Providing care -- Deciding who cares : winners and losers in the late twentieth century -- Designing midwives : a comparison of educational models -- Telling stories of midwives -- Spoiling the pregnancy : prenatal diagnosis in the Netherlands -- pt. III. Society, technology, and practice -- Maternity care policies and maternity care practices : a tale of two Germanys -- Constructing risk : maternity care, law, and malpractice -- Obstetrical trajectories : on trading women/bodies for (home) birth -- What (and why) do women want? The desires of women and the design of maternity care |
| Summary |
This collection brings together the leading research in maternity care from the US, Canada, and Europe to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. A groundbreaking work which gives a truly international understanding |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Maternal health services -- North America
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Maternal health services -- Europe
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Maternal Health Services
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Midwifery
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midwives.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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Cross-cultural studies
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Maternal health services
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| SUBJECT |
Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
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North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455
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Europe |
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North America |
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Europe
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Vries, Raymond G
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| LC no. |
00055327 |
| ISBN |
0585452075 |
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9780585452074 |
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0203902408 |
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9780203902400 |
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9780415923378 |
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0415923379 |
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1280407220 |
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9781280407222 |
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9786610407224 |
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6610407223 |
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