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a history of childbirth in America

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An edition of Lying-in (1977)

Lying-in

a history of childbirth in America

Expanded ed.
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This lively history of childbirth begins with colonial days, when childbirth was a social event, and moves on to the gradual medicalization of childbirth in America as doctors forced midwives out of business and to the home birth movement of the 1980s. Widely praised when it was first published in 1977, the book has now been expanded to bring the story up to date. In a new chapter and epilogue, Richard and Dorothy Wertz discuss the recent focus on delivering perfect babies, with its emphasis on technology, prenatal testing, and Caesarean sections. They argue that there are many viable alternatives--including out of hospital births--in the search for the best birthing system.

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322

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Lying-in: A History of Childbirth in America
1989, Yale University Press
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September 10, 1989, Yale University Press
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1989, Yale University Press
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1979, Schocken Books
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Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America
October 1977, Free Pr
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October 1977, Free Pr
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Lying-in
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1977, Free Press
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1977, Free Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-314).

Published in
New Haven

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
618.2/00973
Library of Congress
RG518.U5 W47 1989, RG518.U5W47 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 322 p. :
Number of pages
322

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2221296M
ISBN 10
0300040873, 0300040881
LCCN
89050512
OCLC/WorldCat
19955283, 20565650
LibraryThing
985034
Goodreads
805681
415859

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OL4806182W

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