| Description |
x, 325 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Prenatal/Conception: 1. Shifting ground: midwives in the hospital; 2. In the clinic; 3. The managed midwife -- Part II. First Trimester: 4. Medical midwives; 5. Balancing acts; 6. Doula school: how birth attendants soften the blow; 7. Home birth; 8. Choosing -- Part III. Second Trimester: 9. Challenges; 10. "With women" -- Part IV. Third Trimester: 11. Reaching the summit: a birth center fights for families; 12. Childbirth 101; 13. An earth day birthday |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Midwives.
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Midwives -- Miscellanea.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| LC no. |
2001055157 |
| ISBN |
0399527907 |
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0399527885 paperback |
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