دانلود کتاب Women, Power, and Childbirth: A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center

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Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 12
Technocratic Perspectives......Page 24
Political-Economic Critiques......Page 27
Scientific Objectivity as Ideology......Page 29
Science, Technology, and Childbirth......Page 35
The Hospital, Risk, and Technology......Page 42
Scientific Rationale......Page 51
The Experiences of Birthing Women......Page 56
Childbirth as a Feature of Social Relations......Page 60
4 The Midwifery Approach to Birth......Page 64
The Midwifery Model......Page 65
Professional Autonomy and the Role of Law......Page 68
Institutional Control: The Case of Nurse-Midwifery Associates......Page 75
Consumer Involvement......Page 79
Discussion......Page 81
5 Free-Standing Birth Centers......Page 84
Birth Centers and the Medical Model: Issues of Power and Control......Page 86
Statistical Data: The National Birth Center Study......Page 92
Discussion......Page 95
The Setting......Page 98
Babyplace......Page 101
A Different Strategy......Page 105
Discussion......Page 114
Introduction......Page 120
Basic Operation of the Birth Center......Page 121
Birth Center Clientele......Page 128
Birth Stories......Page 131
Discussion......Page 138
8 The Birth Center and the Medical Model: Accommodation and Resistance......Page 140
Third-Party Reimbursement......Page 141
Malpractice Insurance......Page 144
Opposition from the Board of Medicine......Page 149
Dwindling Client Base......Page 151
Discussion......Page 154
9 Reappropriating Birth......Page 156
Constrained Progress......Page 161
Reappropriating Birth: Short-Term and Long-Term Goals......Page 162
The Importance of the Birth Center for Women and Families......Page 166
Bibliography......Page 170
C......Page 176
G......Page 177
M......Page 178
P......Page 179
U......Page 180
W......Page 181