Laboring on
Subtitle: birth in transition in the United States
By: Wendy Simonds, Barbara Katz Rothman, Bari Meltzer Norman.
Contributors: Rothman, Barbara Katz.; Norman, Bari Meltzer.
Series: Perspectives on gender; Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780415946636
Subjects: Childbirth -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A lifetime's labor : women and power in the birthplace / Barbara Katz Rothman; title: Introduction: Origin stories / Wendy Simonds; title: Laboring then : the political history of maternity care in the United States / Barbara Katz Rothman; title: Laboring now : current cultural constructions of pregnancy, birth, and mothering / Barbara Katz Rothman; title: Becoming a midwife : varieties of inspiration / Wendy Simonds; title: Birth matters : practicing midwifery / Wendy Simonds; title: Women in white : obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses / Wendy Simonds; title: The new arrival : labor doulas and the fragmentation of midwifery and caregiving / Bari Meltzer Norman and Barbara Katz Rothman; title: Conclusion: An unending labor of love / Wendy Simonds and Barbara Katz Rothman.