Making Midwives Legal

by Devries, Raymond G.

• ISBN13: 9780814207031
• ISBN10: 0814207030
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Ohio State Univ Pr

Summary

Making Midwives Legal explores what happens when midwifery and medicine are brought together by legal regulation. Combining historical data on the regulation of midwifery in Europe and the United States with a field study of the regulation of midwifery in Texas, Arizona, and California, Raymond G. DeVries uncovers the subtle ways legislation alters the profession - demonstrating both beneficial and detrimental consequences. This new edition includes an updated preface that situates the themes of the book in the current debate over health care and midwifery, an epilogue that examines the major issues in the 1990s and comments on developments that have taken place over the past decade, and an updated bibliography. By encouraging thoughtful policy changes in maternity care, Making Midwives Legal contributes to our understanding of the workings of health care systems, medical professions, and the relation between the law and medicine.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(12)
Acknowledgments	xxiii	(2)
Introduction	xxv
1 Midwifery, Medicine, and the Law	3	(18)
2 The Emergence of Midwifery Regulation	21	(26)
3 Midwifery in the Legislature: Licensing Laws in Arizona, Texas, and California	47	(42)
4 Midwifery in Action: The Influence of Law on Practice	89	(30)
5 Midwifery on Trial: Violations of Regulatory Law by Midwives	119	(20)
6 Conclusion: Birth, Medicine, and the Law	139	(16)
Appendix: On Researching Midwifery	155	(8)
Epilogue: The Trap of Legal Recognition	163	(20)
Notes	183	(6)
References	189	(34)
Index	223