| Description |
x, 484 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Dutch obstetrical system : vanguard of the future in maternity care / Raymond De Vries ... [et al.] -- The New Zealand maternity system : a midwifery renaissance / Chris Hendry -- The Ontario midwifery model of care / Margaret E. MacDonald and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault -- Samoan midwives' stories : joining social and professional midwives in new models of birth / Lesley Barclay Utumuu -- The Albany midwifery practice / Becky Reed and Cathy Walton -- Small really is beautiful : tales from a freestanding birth center in England / Denis Walsh -- Transforming the culture of a maternity service : St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia / Pat Brodie and Caroline Homer -- Maternity homes in Japan : reservoirs of normal childbirth / Etsuko Matsuoka and Fumiko Hinokuma -- |
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The northern New Mexico midwifery center model, Taos, New Mexico / Elizabeth Gilmore -- Teamwork : an obstetrician, a midwife, and a doula in Brazil / Ricardo Herbert Jones -- The CASA Hospital and professional midwifery school : an education and practice model that works / Lisa Mills and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Mercy in action : bringing mother- and baby-friendly birth centers to the Philippines / Vicki Penwell -- Circles of community : the CenteringPregnancy Group prenatal care model / Sharon Schindler Rising and Rima Jolivet -- Humanizing childbirth to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality : a national effort in Brazil / Daphne Rattner ... [et al.] -- "Orchestrating normal" : the conduct of midwifery in the United States / Holly Powell Kennedy. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Maternal health services -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Labor (Obstetrics) -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Midwifery -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Davis-Floyd, Robbie.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0520248635 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520258914 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0520258916 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520248632 |
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9780520943339 (electronic bk.) |
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