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UNINA9910778940303321 |
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Autore |
De Vries Raymond |
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Titolo |
A Pleasing Birth [[electronic resource] ] : Midwives And Maternity Care |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
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1-280-12785-6 |
9786613531735 |
1-4399-0700-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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618.2/0233/09492 |
618.202309492 |
618.2023309492 |
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Soggetti |
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Maternal Health Services |
Midwifery |
Home Childbirth |
Netherlands |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Birth Care/Health Care; 1. Dutch Birth and the Shape of Health Care; 2. Uniek, Bewonderd, en Verguisd (Unique, Admired, and Reviled); II. Forms; 3. Structuring Care; 4. The Politics of Care; III. Forming; 5. Doe Maar Gewoon (Just Act Normally): Dutch Culture/Dutch Birth; 6. Two Sciences or No Science? Obstetric Research in the Netherlands; IV. Re-Forming; 7. Is All This Suffering Still Necessary? Pressure to Change the Dutch Way of Birth; 8. Re-Forming Health Care: Culture and Health Policy; Glossary; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Women have long searched for a pleasing birth-a birth with a minimum of fear and pain, in the company of supportive family, friends, and caregivers, a birth that ends with a healthy mother and baby gazing into each other's eyes. For women in the Netherlands, such a birth is defined as one at home under the care of a midwife. In a country known for its liberal approach to drugs, prostitution, and euthanasia, government support for midwife-attended home birth is perhaps its |
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