childbirth, medicine, and the law
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- DeVries, Raymond G.
- Publish Year
- 1996
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 1996 - B
- Thesaurus
- verloskundigen, verloskunde, geneeskunde, bevallingen, geboorteregeling, wetgeving, historisch, Europa, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- This book explores what happens when midwifery and medicine are brought together by legal regulation. Combining historical data on the regulation of midwifery in Europe and the United States with a field study of the regulation of midwifery in Texas, Arizona, and California, the author uncovers the ways legislation changes the profession, demonstrating both beneficial and detrimental consequences. Originally published as 'Regulating birth', in 1985.