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BL
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1037404
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b791774
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| Title & Author
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Birth by design : : pregnancy, maternity care, and midwifery in North America and Europe /\ edited by Raymond DeVries [and three others].
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Routledge,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203902408
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: 0415923379
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: 0585452075
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: 1280407220
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: 6610407223
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: 9780203902400
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: 9780415923378
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: 9780585452074
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: 9781280407222
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: 9786610407224
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0415923379
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0415923387
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: why maternity care is not medical care -- pt. I. The politics of maternity care -- Where to give birth? Politics and the place of birth -- The state and birth/The state of birth: maternal health policy in three countries -- Changing birth : interest groups and maternal care policy -- Reforming birth and (re)making midwifery in North America -- Looking within : race, class, and birth -- pt. II. Providing care -- Deciding who cares : winners and losers in the late twentieth century -- Designing midwives : a comparison of educational models -- Telling stories of midwives -- Spoiling the pregnancy : prenatal diagnosis in the Netherlands -- pt. III. Society, technology, and practice -- Maternity care policies and maternity care practices : a tale of two Germanys -- Constructing risk : maternity care, law, and malpractice -- Obstetrical trajectories : on trading women/bodies for (home) birth -- What (and why) do women want? The desires of women and the design of maternity care.
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| Abstract
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This collection brings together the leading research in maternity care from the US, Canada, and Europe to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. A groundbreaking work which gives a truly international understanding.
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Maternal health services-- Europe.
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Maternal health services-- North America.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Pregnancy Childbirth.
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Maternal health services.
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Maternal Health Services.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Midwifery.
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Europe.
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North America.
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Europe.
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North America.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1/982
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| LC Classification
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RG963.A1B57 2001eb
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| NLM classification
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WA 310B619 2001
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44.10bcl
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| Added Entry
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De Vries, Raymond G.
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