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Nurse-midwifery : the birth of a new American profession /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Women, gender, and health.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations-- Acknowledgments
  • ch. 1. Conception : nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth
  • pt. 1. Early labor pains, 1925-1940
  • ch. 2. Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service : Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race
  • ch. 3. New York City's Maternity Center Association : educational opportunities and urban constraints
  • pt. 2. Active labor, 1940-1960
  • ch. 4. Transitions : new directions, new limitations
  • ch. 5. Traditions : home birth in a high-tech age
  • ch. 6. Don't push : struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity
  • Epilogue : afterbirth : learning from the past, looking to the future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.