What roles should midwives play within our healthcare system? Must they have certified degrees and be under the jurisdiction of a professional board? Do notions of gender create competition and erect barriers between the medical professions? The Rhetoric of Midwifery offers new insights into understanding these questions within the context of our present-day medical system.
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What roles should midwives play within our healthcare system? Must they have certified degrees and be under the jurisdiction of a professional board? Do notions of gender create competition and erect barriers between the medical professions? The Rhetoric of Midwifery offers new insights into understanding these questions within the context of our present-day medical system.
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Minor rubbing. Slight page-edge soil. VG. 24x15cm, x, 239 pp. Contents: The Current Debate Over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States; Rhetorical Analysis & the Midwifery Debates; The Rhetorical History of Midwifery; The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions & Boundary Spanning; Licensing Rules & Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery; Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority Over Scientific Discourse & Knowledge; Issues of Gender & Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery; Appendices.