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Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth, 1968-

Nurse-Midwifery The Birth of a New American Profession / Laura E. Ettinger. - 1 online resource (xvi, 269 p.) : ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.

Conception: nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth -- Early labor pains, 1925-1940 -- Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service: Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race -- New York City's Maternity Center Association: educational opportunities and urban constraints -- Active labor, 1940-1960 -- Transitions: new directions, new limitations -- Traditions: home birth in a high-tech age -- Don't push: struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity -- Epilogue: afterbirth: learning from the past, looking to the future.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780814272510 0814272517

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Midwifery--history--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Nurse Midwives--history--United States.
Midwives--History.--United States
Midwifery--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RG950 / .E77 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 618.2