1 The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States 1 -- 2 Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates 20 -- 3 The Rhetorical History of Midwifery 43 -- 4 The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions and Boundary Spanning 77 -- 5 Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery 101 -- 6 Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse and Knowledge 131 -- 7 Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery 170
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Includes bibliographical references (219-231) and index
