Midwifery and Childbirth in America Paperback – February 10, 1999 Author: Visit Amazon's Judith Rooks Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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Until the late 18th century, childbirth was almost exclusively a female event. Then advances in medical science and technology brought male physicians into a dominant role. Rooks, a nurse midwife, has written a detailed history of midwifery in the United States, sensitively examining the different training and outlooks of nurse midwives and physicians. Rooks discusses what each profession brings to childbirth, conflicts and collaborations, the development of training standards for midwives, and the influence of recent changes in healthcare delivery systems. She contrasts care in the United States with that in other developed countries, where midwives provide most routine care and infant mortality rates are lower. Her book covers a longer time period in greater detail than Judith Walzer Leavitt's Brought to Bed: Childbirth in America 1750-1950 (Oxford Univ., 1986). With an extensive bibliography; recommended for academic and health sciences collections.?Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., Cal.
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"...clear, articulate, and well-researched work... [It] is a treasure trove of information and resources to everyone who works in the maternity services, to policy-makers, and to women. No library or bookshelf should be without it. This scholarly treatise is the most exhaustive, balanced, and comprehensive book on midwifery that has been written, and it will serve as an impetus and inspiration to a broad audience." - Birth "We have been waiting a long time for this book: a comprehensive, readable, and authoritative discussion of the important role of midwifery in the United States. It will spark a passionate - and long overdue - dialogue about the way pregnant women are taken care of in this country." - Roger A. Rosenblatt, MD, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle "Rooks has written a comprehensive, balanced and eminently readable book." - The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering
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- Paperback: 548 pages
- Publisher: Temple University Press; 1 edition (February 10, 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1566397111
- ISBN-13: 978-1566397117
- Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.4 inches
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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