Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth,  1968- <br/><br/>
Nurse-Midwifery  The Birth of a New American Profession / 
Laura E. Ettinger. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 269 p.) :   ill. ; 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814272510 0814272517 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Midwifery--history--United States.<br/>History, 20th Century--United States.<br/>Nurse Midwives--history--United States.<br/>Midwives--History.--United States<br/>Midwifery--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG950  / .E77 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.2