The midwifery movement in Canada -- The state and health care -- Historical and crosscultural aspects of midwifery -- "To be with woman": midwifery practice in Canada -- Midwives and the law in Canada -- Moving into midwifery: paradoxes of legalization
Summary
Trials of Labour is a detailed study of the available social science literature on childbirth and midwifery. Brian Burtch highlights the difficulties associated with the present lack of regulation of midwifery, pointing to ways of reducing the dangers through establishing guidelines for domiciliary midwifery
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-260) and index
