Mary M Lay

The Rhetoric of Midwifery

Gender, Knowledge, and Power

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What roles should midwives play within the US healthcare system? Must they have certified degrees and be under the jurisdiction of a professional board? Do notions of gender erect barriers between the medical professions? This book attempts to answer many questions on the rhetoric of midwifery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780813527796
• ISBN-10: 0813527791
• Artikelnr.: 21116790

Autorenporträt

Lay, Mary M

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States
2. Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates
3. The Rhetorical History of Midwifery
4. The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions
and Boundary Spanning
5. Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery
6. Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse
and Knowledge
7. Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery
Appendix A - Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources
Appendix B - Glossary of Birth Terms
Appendix C - Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of
the Hearings
Notes
Bibliography
Index