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9780415946629

Laboring On: Birth in Transition in the United States

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415946629

  • ISBN10:

    041594662X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-11-16
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Laboring On tells the compelling story of birth in America -- an epic portrait of change and how birth has been performed now and how it is likely to be performed in the future. Birth may be a universal experience, but how births are attended to is by no means universal. The authors, all leaders in the field, examine all of the contemporary debates over midwifery, Cesarean births, obstetricians, women's healthcare reform and new technologies and practices to present a provocative understanding of childbirth as well as a prescription for the future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: A Lifetime's Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace xi
Barbara Katz Rothman
Introduction: Origin Stories xxiii
Wendy Simonds
PART ONE LABORING IN TRANSITION
Laboring Then: The Political History of Maternity Care in the United States
3(26)
Barbara Katz Rothman
Laboring Now: Current Cultural Constructions of Pregnancy, Birth, and Mothering
29(68)
Barbara Katz Rothman
PART TWO MIDWIVES IN TRANSITION
Becoming a Midwife: Varieties of Inspiration
97(58)
Wendy Simonds
Birth Matters: Practicing Midwifery
155(54)
Wendy Simonds
PART THREE DISORGANIZED LABOR
Women in White: Obstetricians and Labor-and-Delivery Nurses
209(42)
Wendy Simonds
The New Arrival: Labor Doulas and the Fragmentation of Midwifery and Caregiving
251(32)
Bari Meltzer Norman
Barbara Katz Rothman
Conclusion: An Unending Labor of Love
283(16)
Wendy Simonds
Barbara Katz Rothman
Notes 299(2)
References 301(12)
Index 313

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