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Midwifery & Childbirth - Rooks, Judith
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The medical model of childbirth emphasizes the pathological potential of pregnancy and birth, while an alternative model focuses on the normalcy of pregnancy and its potential for health. This is an account of the forces that intersect over the issue of childbirth that explains the conceptual and philosophical differences between these models.

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Midwifery & Childbirth 1999, Temple University Press, Philadelphia,PA

ISBN-13: 9781566397117

Revised edition

Trade paperback