| Description |
ix, 295 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Maternity care in crisis : where are the doctors? -- Tribal obstetrics -- Choose and lose : promoting cesarean section and other invasive interventions -- Forced labor : induction or seduction-- Hunting witches : midwifery in America -- Where to be born : here come the obstetric police -- Rights and wrongs : the "malpractice crisis," legal protections for pregnant women, and regulation by litigation -- Vision of a better way to be born -- How to get where we need to be |
| Subject |
Obstetrics -- United States.
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Obstetrics. |
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United States. |
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Childbirth -- United States.
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Childbirth. |
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Maternal health services -- United States.
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Maternal health services. |
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Midwifery -- United States.
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Midwifery. |
| ISBN |
0520245962 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520245969 hardback |
| Standard No. |
9780520245969 |
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