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Nurse-midwifery [electronic resource] : the birth of a new American profession / Laura E. Ettinger

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Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth, 1968-
Published
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
xvi, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Conception: nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth -- Early labor pains, 1925-1940 -- Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service: Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race -- New York City's Maternity Center Association: educational opportunities and urban constraints -- Active labor, 1940-1960 -- Transitions: new directions, new limitations -- Traditions: home birth in a high-tech age -- Don't push: struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity -- Epilogue: afterbirth: learning from the past, looking to the future.
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9780814210239 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814210236 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814251508 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814251501 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.
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