Mainstreaming Midwives (eBook, PDF)

The Politics of Change
Redaktion: Davis-Floyd, Robbie; Johnson, Christine Barbara

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Providing insights into midwifery, a team of reputable contributors describe the development of nurse- and direct-entry midwifery in the United States, including the creation of two new direct-entry certifications, the Certified Midwife and the Certified Professional Midwife, and examine the history, purposes, complexities, and the political strife that has characterized the evolution of midwifery in America.
Including detailed case studies, the book looks at the efforts of direct-entry midwives to achieve legalization and licensure in seven states: New York, Florida, Michigan, Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, and Massachusetts with varying degrees of success.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136059469
• Artikelnr.: 38451519

Autorenporträt

Robbie Davis-Floyd, Christine Barbara Johnson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Are Social Scientists Studying the Development of
Direct-Entry Midwifery in the US?, Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Johnson
Part I: Developing Direct-Entry Midwifery in the US 1. ACNM and MANA:
Divergent Histories and Convergent Trends, Robbie Davis-Floyd 2. Idealism
and Pragmatism in the Creation of the Certified Midwife: The Development of
Midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992,
Maureen May and Robbie Davis-Floyd 3. Qualified Commodification: The
Creation ofthe Certified Professional Midwife, Robbie Davis-Floyd Part II:
State-BasedStudies in the Legalization of Direct-Entry Midwives 4. The
Governor's Full Support: Legalizing Direct-Entry Midwifery in Florida,
Melissa Denmark 5. Minnesota Direct-Entry Midwives: Achieving Legislative
Success through Focusing on Families, Safety, and Women's Rights, Mary M.
Lay and Kerry Dixon 6. Risks, Costs, and Benefits of Homebirth Midwifery
Legislation in Colorado, Susan Erikson and Amy Colo 7. Every Breath Is
Political, Every Woman's Life a Statement: Cross-Class Organizing for
Midwifery in Virginia, Christa Craven 8. I'm Living My Politics: The Effort
to Legalize and License Direct-Entry Midwives in Iowa, Carolyn A. Hough 9.
Creating a Way out of No Way: Midwives in Massachusetts, Christine Johnson
Part III: Core Issues in Mainstreaming Midwives 10. Home to Hospital
Transport: Fractured Articulations and Magical Mandorlas, Christine Johnson
and Robbie Davis-Floyd 11. Renegade Midwives: Assets or Liabilities?,
Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Johnson 12. From Calling to Career:
Keeping the Social Movement in the Professional Project, Betty Anne Daviss
Conclusion: 13. Why Midwives Matter, Christine Johnson and Robbie
Davis-Floyd