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Midwives -- North America | |
The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is midwives in North America. |
· Pew Health Commission and the University of California San Francisco Center for the Health Professions. 1999. Charting a Course for the 21st Century: The Future of Midwifery. Pew Health Professions Commission. Copies can be obtained from http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu
· Rooks, Judith P. 1997. Midwifery and Childbirth in America. Temple University Press.
· Schroff, Farah M. 1997. The New Midwifery: Reflections on Renaissance and Regulation. Ontario: Women's Press.
· Tritten, Jan and Joel Southern. 1998. Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education. Midwifery Today. http://www.midwiferytoday.com/books/paths.asp
· American College of Nurse-Midwives http://www.acnm.org
· Midwives Alliance of North America http://www.mana.org
· Arms, Suzanne. 1994. Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic, and Birth. Celestial Arts.
· Bourgeault, Ivy and Mary Fynes. 1997. "Integrating Lay and Nurse-Midwifery into the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems." Social Science and Medicine 44(7): 1051-1063.
· Bovard, Wendy and Gladys Milton. 1993. Why Not Me? The Story of Gladys Milton, Midwife. The Book Publishing Company.
· Chester, Penfield. 1997. Sisters on a Journey: Portraits of American Midwives. Rutgers University Press.
· Davis, Elizabeth. 1997. Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. Celestial Arts Press.
· Davis-Floyd, Robbie. 1992. Birth as an American Rite of Passage. University of California Press.
· DeVries, Raymond. 1996. Making Midwives Legal: Childbirth, Medicine, and the Law, 2nd ed. Ohio State University Press.
· Donegan, Jane B. 1978. Women and Men Midwives: Medicine, Misogyny, and Morality in Early America. Greenwood Press.
· Frye, Anne. 1995. Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice. Volume I, Care During Pregnancy. Labyrs Press.
· Gaskin, Ina May. 1990. Spiritual Midwifery, 3rd ed. The Book Publishing Company.
· Leavitt, Judith. 1986. Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America 1750-1950. Oxford University Press.
· Litoff, Judy Barrett. 1978. American Midwives: 1860 to the Present. Greenwood Press.
· Litoff, Judy Barrett. 1986. The American Midwife Debate: A Sourcebook on Its Modern Origins. Greenwood Press.
· Logan, Onnie Lee. 1991. Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story. Penguin.
· Rothman, Barbara Katz. 1982. In Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace. W.W. Norton. Reprinted in paperback under the title Giving Birth: Alternatives in Childbirth. Penguin Books, 1985.
· Smith, Margaret Charles and Linda J. Holmes. 1996. Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife. Ohio State University Press.
· Susie, Debra Ann. 1988. In the Way of Our Grandmothers: A Cultural View of Twentieth-Century Midwifery in Florida. University of Georgia Press.
· Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. 1990. A Midwife's Tale: The Life and Times of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Vintage Books.
· Van Olphen-Fehr, Juliana. 1998. Diary of a Midwife: The Power of Positive Childbearing. Bergin and Garvey.
· Varney, Helen. 1997. Varney's Midwifery, 3rd edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
· Wertz, Richard W., and Dorothy C. Wertz. 1989. Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America, revised edition. Yale University Press.
· Varney, Helen. 1997. Varney's Midwifery, 3rd edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
· Wertz, Richard W., and Dorothy C. Wertz. 1989. Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America, revised edition. Yale University Press.
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