At work in the field of birth : midwifery narratives of nature, tradition, and home / Margaret MacDonald.

  • MacDonald, Margaret, 1963-
Date:
2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2007.

Physical description

vii, 206 pages ; 23 cm

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Edition

1st ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index.

Contents

A field of narratives -- Tales of loss and renaissance -- What is midwifery? -- Natural births and gender expectations -- Birth places and midwifery spaces -- Epilogue: the politics of representation revisited.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UM.54
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ISBN

  • 9780826515766
  • 0826515762
  • 9780826515773
  • 0826515770