11. Books And Resources About The Profession Of Midwifery H-M
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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 H-M
Hartley, Carla. Helping Hands: The Apprentice Workbook.
Midwifery and apprenticing are outlined and discussed from
several viewpoints. This book may change the reader's
ideas about the relationship of midwifery to goal setting,
time management, thinking, learning and studying.
Jacobs, Sandra and the American College of Nurse-
Midwives. Having Your Baby with a Nurse-Midwife :
Everything You Need to Know to Make an Informed
Decision.1993. Explains for expectant parents and
professionals what a nurse midwife is.
Janssen, Holt, Patricia A, and Myers, Susan J License
"Midwife-Attended, Out-of -Hospital Births in Washington
State: Are They Safe? " Birth 1994: 21(3):141-148.
Kitzinger, Sheila. Homebirth. 1991. A commonsense guide
to the alternatives to giving birth in the hospital.
Discusses how to plan a birth in a setting where the
laboring woman is in control. Evaluates the risks of
homebirth and puts them into perspective.
Kitzinger, Sheila. The Midwife Challenge. Pandora, 1991.
Describes midwifery worldwide from a historical
perspective.
Kitzinger, Shiela. The Experience of Childbirth. 3rd
Edition. Penguin Books. 1972. Another classic about
midwifery and childbirth, one of the first written in the
1970's which began the new understanding of the value of
childbirth education.
Hubbard, Ruth, Mary Sue Henifin and Barbara Fried (eds.),
Women Looking at Biology Looking at Women. Boston: G.K.
Hall and Co., 1979. Read especially pp 163-84 by Marilyn
Grossman and Pauline Bart "Taking men out of menopause."
Leep, Nicky, and Hunter, Billie. The Midwife's Tale.
The untold story of birth in the 1920's , 1930's and
1940's in Britain. Challenges assumptions about home
birth and the midwifery profession. Relates the attitudes
and experiences of our mothers, grand-mothers and great-
grandmothers in the areas of sex, contraception, abortion,
work and motherhood.
Lefeber-Mans, Yvonne H. F. Midwives Without Training:
Practices, and beliefs of traditional birth attendants in
Africa, Asia and Latin America. Van Gorcum & Comp. BV (PO
Box 43, 9400 AA Assen, the Netherlands. 1994. Intended
for anyone interested in the practices and beliefs of the
traditional midwives, expecially birth attendants,
obstetricians and medical anthropologists.
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Midwifery Today. Getting an Education: Paths to Becoming a
Midwife 1995 (Midwifery Today, PO Box 2672 Eugene, OR,
97402. USA. * (503) 344-7438* (800) 743-0974* Fax: (503)
344- 1422* E-Mail: <Midwifery@aol.com>) Explores the many
ways to becoming a midwife, and working with the birthing
community. Presents personal stories of midwives and how
they accomplished their goals of becoming a midwife.
Midwifery Today International Exchange Network:
Directory 1995 (Midwifery Today, PO Box 2672 Eugene OR,
97402 USA* (503)344-7438*(800) 743-0974* Fax (503)344-
1422* E-mail: <Midwifery@aol.com>) Also available it the
Publication International Midwife. The main non-internet
link to international midwifery.
Midwifery Today World Wide Web Page:
<http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/MT/MTindex.html> has links
to various articles and other information provided by
Midwifery Today. The related What's New
<http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/birthnew.html> is the place
to check first for updated and new versions of the
sci.med.midwifery FAQ, new birthing related resources and
an on-line Directory of e-mail addresses of midwives
worldwide. (Managed by Donna Dolezal Zelzer <djz@efn.org>)
Mitford, Jessica. The American Way of Birth. The Penguin
Group, 1993. Explores the conventional and alternative
methods of giving birth and the cost of having a child.
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