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Mainstreaming midwives : the politics of change
- Title
- Mainstreaming midwives : the politics of change / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2006.
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- Description
- x, 559 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Developing direct-entry midwifery in the United States -- Ch. 1. ACNM and MANA : divergent histories and convergent trends / Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Ch. 2. Idealism and pragmatism in the creation of the certified midwife : the development of midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992 / Maureen May and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Ch. 3. Qualified commodification : the creation of the certified professional midwife / Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Pt. II. State-based studies in the legislation of direct-entry midwifery -- Ch. 4. "The governor's full support" : legalizing direct-entry midwifery in Florida / Melissa Denmark -- Ch. 5. Minnesota direct-entry midwives : achieving legislative success through focusing on families, safety, and women's rights / Mary M. Lay and Kerry Dixon -- Ch. 6. Risks, costs, and effects of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson and Amy Colo -- Ch. 7. "Every breath is political, every woman's life a statement" : cross-class organizing for midwifery in Virginia / Christa Craven -- Ch. 8. "I'm living my politics" : legalizing and licensing direct-entry midwives in Iowa / Carolyn A. Hough -- Ch. 9. Creating a way out of no way : midwifery in Massachusetts / Christine Barbara Johnson -- Pt. III. Core issues in mainstreaming midwives -- Ch. 10. From calling to career : keeping the social movement in the professional project / Betty-Anne Daviss -- Ch. 11. Renegade midwives : assets or liabilities? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson -- Ch. 12. Home to hospital transport : fractured articulations or magical mandorlas? / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Ch. 13. Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretaker the power of birth / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd.
- ISBN
- 0415931509 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0415931517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005031271
- 9780415931502
- 9780415931519
- OCLC
- ocm62341443
- SCSB-5247824
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries