Push! : the struggle for midwifery in Ontario /

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault details the struggles to integrate midwifery in Ontario - the first Canadian province to regulate the profession in 1993.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill Queen's University Press, Ã2006
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 25.
Temas:
Midwives > Ontario.
Midwifery > Ontario > History.
Midwifery > Political aspects > Ontario.
Midwifery > Government policy > Ontario.
Midwifery.
Women midwives.
Midwives.
Midwifery
Midwifery > history
Nurse Midwives
Sages-femmes > Ontario.
Sages-femmes > Ontario > Histoire.
Sages-femmes > Aspect politique > Ontario.
Sages-femmes > Politique gouvernementale > Ontario.
Sages-femmes.
midwives.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women midwives
Midwifery > Government policy
Midwives
Ontario
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Analytical lenses : professions, women, and the state
  • International inspirations and cautionary tales
  • The fall and rise of midwifery in Canada
  • From social movement to professional project
  • Deciding to integrate midwifery
  • Dilemmas of regulation
  • Defining themselves before being defined
  • Ensuring equity of access through public funding
  • Educating midwives for independence
  • Acknowledging expertise through "grandmothering," but not for all
  • Conclusion : advancing conceptualizations of women, professions, and the state.

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