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Subjects:

Childbirth -- History.
Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies.
Childbirth in literature.
Midwifery -- History.
Women patients -- Civil rights.
Women's rights.

Contents:

Childbirth in America: a historical perspective / Carla H. Hay
Bearing witness to birth: a literary perspective / Krista Ratcliffe
Communication, care, and control: a communication perspective / Helen M. Sterk
Birthing on the reservation: an anthropological perspective / Alice Beck Kehoe
Control versus reciprocity: a nurse/midwife perspective / Leona VandeVusse
Partners or patients? A conclusion / Helen M. Sterk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contributor:

Sterk, Helen M., 1952-

ISBN:

0870136151 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

48951071