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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793052903321

Autore

Leavitt Judith Walzer

Titolo

Make room for daddy [[electronic resource] ] : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / / Judith Walzer Leavitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8078-8783-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

392.1/2

Soggetti

Childbirth - United States - History - 20th century

Fatherhood - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-365) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : men matter -- Alone among strangers : the medicalization of childbirth -- Keeping vigil : fathers in waiting rooms -- The best backrubber : fathers move into labor rooms -- He wants to know : prenatal education for fathers -- Peaceful and confident : mothers and fathers in labor rooms -- Side by side : men move into delivery rooms -- We did it : together in delivery and birthing rooms -- Epilogue : expectant fathers' expectations.