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Author Gaskin, Ina May.

Title Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta / Ina May Gaskin
Edition Seven Stories Press first edition
Published New York : Seven Stories Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents The importance of birth and birth stories -- Second-wave feminism, birth, and motherhood -- Sexuality and birth -- A brief look at the history of midwives and medical men -- Technology and empowerment -- Gathering the power of sisterhood -- What's a father-to-be to do? -- My vision for the future -- The kind of obstetrics I miss, and its great defenders
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Natural childbirth.
Labor (Obstetrics)
Midwifery.
Natural Childbirth.
Delivery, Obstetric.
Feminism.
Midwifery.
LC no. 2011001677
ISBN 9781583229279 (paperback)
1583229272 (paperback)