Mainstreaming midwives
Subtitle: the politics of change
By: edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson.
Contributors: Davis-Floyd, Robbie.; Johnson, Christine Barbara, 1952-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780415931502; 9780415931519
Subjects: Midwifery -- United States -- History.; Midwives -- United States -- History.; Nurse Midwives -- history -- United States.; Midwifery -- history -- United States.; Politics -- United States.; Professional Autonomy -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ACNM and MANA : divergent histories and convergent trends / Robbie Davis-Floyd; title: 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; title: Qualified commodification: creating the certified professional midwife / Robbie Davis-Floyd; title: The governors full support : legalizing direct-entry midwifery in Florida / Melissa Denmark; title: Minnesota midwives : achieving legislative success through focusing on families, safety, and womens rights / Mary M. Lay and Kerry Dixon; title: Risks, costs, and benefits of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson and Amy Colo; title: Every breath is political, every womans life a statement : cross-class organizing for midwifery in Virginia / Christa Craven; title: "I'm living my politics" : the effort to legalize and license direct-entry midwives in Iowa / Carolyn A. Hough; title: Creating a way out of no way : midwives in Massachusetts / Christine Barbara Johnson; title: From calling to career: keeping the social movement in the professional project / Betty Anne Daviss; title: Renegade midwives : assets or liabilities? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Johnson; title: Home to hospital transport : fractured articulations and magical mandorlas / Christine Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd; title: Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretake the power of birth / Christine Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd.