Successful Home Birth and Midwifery

The Dutch Model
Herausgeber: Abraham-Van de Mark, Eva; Mark, Eva Abraham van der

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It astounds the western world that such a highly industrialized nation as the Netherlands, with all the resources of modern medicine and technology, has a marked preference for home birth assisted by midwives. Van der Mark examines Dutch attitudes and practices surrounding birth from a sociohistorical point of view, explaining the importance of ideological consensus, the private nature of the Dutch family, the high regard for comfort and well being, and the professional development of midwives as trained and licensed practitioners. This volume will be welcomed by those convinced of the value of low-intervention home birth, but it will also be of interest to practitioners who must rely on technological procedures to manage the birth process. Since the Dutch hold one of the world records of pregnancy outcome statistics, readers will be interested in the Dutch midwifery model described here by various contributors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780897892957
• ISBN-10: 089789295X
• Artikelnr.: 21420239

Autorenporträt

EVA ABRAHAM-VAN DER MARK is Research Officer at the University of Groningen and the University of Amsterdam. She has published widely on the subject of home birth and midwifery.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction to the Dutch System of Home Birth and Midwifery by Eva
Abraham-Van der Mark Historical Background The Guardians of Normal Birth:
The Debate on the Standard and Status of the Midwife in the Netherlands
around 1900 by Hilary Marland Dutch Obstetric Science: Emergence, Growth,
and Present Situation by Anja Hiddinga Family Change and Continuity in the
Netherlands: Birth and Childbed in Text and Art by Rineke van Daalen The
Selection System and the Quality of Care Selection as the Basis of
Obstetric Care in the Netherlands by Pieter E. Treffers How Safe are Dutch
Home Births? by Simone E. Buitendijk The Impact of Medical-technological
Developments on Midwifery in the Netherlands by Tjeerd Tymstra Midwives,
Maternity Home Care Assistants and the Role of the State Dutch Midwifery,
Past and Present: An Overview by Eva Abraham-Van der Mark Maternity Home
Care Assistant: A Unique Occupation by Edwin van Teijlingen Illness versus
Natural Process: Competing Paradigms in Great Britain and the Netherlands
by L.H. Lumey Interview with Professor Gerrit-Jan Kloosterman, Obstetrician
and Advocate of the Dutch Obstetric System by Rineke van Daalen and Reinie
van Goor Going Dutch: Lessons for Americans from the Dutch Birth Experience
by Barbara Katz Rothman Index