11. Books And Resources About The Profession Of Midwifery A-G
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This article is from the Midwifery FAQ, by cnmpat@aol.com (Pat Sonnenstuhl) with numerous contributions by others.
11. Books And Resources About The Profession Of Midwifery A-G
There are many books and resources about the history and
profession of midwifery. The following are ones you might
find of interest:
American College of Nurse Midwives World Wide Web Page:
http://www.acnm.org.
Arditti, Rita. Women as Objects: Science and Sexual
Politics. Science for the People, Sept. 1974.
Arms, Suzanne. Immaculate Deception. 1975. One of the
classics that helped change the practices of birthing in
the USA.
Arms, Suzanne. Immaculate Deception II--A Fresh Look at
Childbirth. 1994. Discusses what the problems are with
childbirth today and discusses the wisdom of the natural
process of birth.
Armstrong, Penny, and Cheryl Feldman. A Midwife's Story. 1986. A
nurse-midwife learns much about birth and life in her work with the
Amish in Pennsylvania.
Boston Women's Health Book Collective. The New Our
Bodies, Ourselves. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992.
Conrad, Peter and Kern, Rochelle, eds. The Sociology of
Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives. 2nd Ed. New
York: St. Martin's Press, 1986.
Courter, Gay. The Midwife. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1981. A
novel about the roots of midwifery from Prussia to the
United States.
Courter, Gay. The Midwife's Advice. Penguin. 1992.
Paperback 1994. A sequel to The Midwife. A novel about
the relationships of women, birthing and family planning
in the United States.
Davis, Elizabeth. Heart and Hands. 2nd. Edition.
Celestial Arts, 1992. A Midwife's guide to pregnancy,
childbirth and the art and science of midwifery.
Davis-Floyd, Robbie. Birth as an American Rite of
Passage. 1992. A feminist analysis of childbirth rites in
American culture, and offers insightful interviews with
women and health care providers.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of
Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women's Rights.
Schocken books, 1977.
Edwards, Margot and Waldorf , Mary. Reclaiming Birth:
History and Heroines of American Childbirth Reform. The
Crossing Press, 1984
Ehrenreich, Barbara and English, Derdre. Witches,
Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. The
Feminist Press, 1973.
Enkin, Murray, Keirse, Marc J.N.C., Renfrew, Mary and
Neilson, James. 2nd Edition. A Guide to Effective Care in
Pregnancy and Childbirth. Oxford University Press, 1995.
This book is about the documented effects of care given
and received during pregnancy and childbirth.
Gaskin, Ina May. Spiritual Midwifery. The Farm, 1978.
A classic. Contains many birth stories as well as more
technical information for parents and midwives. Revised
in 1980 and 1990.
Goer, Henci. Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities
Bergin & Garvey, 1995. Discusses issues facing expectant
parents and supports issues with research abstracts. A
compact, accurate and understandable reference.
Gordon, Linda. Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth
Control in America. New York: Grossman, 1977.
Graham, Harvey. Eternal Eve, the History of Gynaecology
and Obstetrics. Doubleday & Company, 1951.
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