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Childbirth in America : (Record no. 204308)

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International Standard Book Number 0897891376 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
Terms of availability $18.95
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International Standard Book Number 9780897891370 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number 0897891368 (hard : alk. paper) :
Terms of availability $44.95
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International Standard Book Number 9780897891363 (hard : alk. paper)
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System control number (OCoLC)17300937
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number RG652
Item number .C474 1988
060 00 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WQ 150
Item number C5355 1988
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 392/.12/0973
Edition number 19
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System control number 8903751
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245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Childbirth in America :
Medium [electronic resource]
Remainder of title anthropological perspectives /
Statement of responsibility, etc Karen L. Michaelson & contributors.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc South Hadley, Mass. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Bergin & Garvey Publishers,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1988.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 304 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Bibliography: p. 273-298.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction. Childbirth in America : a brief history and contemporary issues / Karen L. Michaelson -- section I. Decisions in pregnancy -- 1. Poor women, poor outcomes : social class and reproductive health / Ellen S. Lazarus -- 2. Adequate prenatal care and reproductive outcome / Marilyn Poland -- 3. Social support for pregnancy and childbearing among disadvantaged Blacks in an American inner city / Margaret S. Boone -- 4. Khmer prenatal health practices and the American clinical experience / Carolyn Sargent, John Marcucci -- 5. The decision to have on not to have amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis / Barbara Katz Rothman -- 6. The power of "positive" diagnosis : medical and maternal discourses on amniocentesis / Rayna Rapp -- section II. Birth place/birth style -- 7. Differences in cultural expectations of the perceived painfulness of childbirth / Janice M. Morse, Caroline Park -- 8. Medical models and midwifery : the cultural experience of birth / Ronnie Lichtman -- 9. Technology and the context of childbirth : a comparison of two hospital settings / Karen L. Michaelson, Barbara Alvin -- 10. Birth as an American rite of passage / Robbie E. Davis-Floyd -- section III. Babies in crisis -- 11. The cultural context of decision making for catastrophically ill newborns : the case of baby Jane Doe / Betty Wolder Levin -- 12. The family in newborn intensive care / Jeanne Harley Guillemin -- 13. The artificial womb : social and sensory environments of low birthweight infants / Lucile F. Newman -- section IV. Becoming a parent -- 14. Childbirth in a bicultural community : attitudinal and behavioral variation / Wenda R. Trevathan -- 15. The interactions of fathers and newborns / Linda H. Briesemeister, Beth A. Haines -- 16. Delayed accomplishments : family formation among older first-time parents / Linda M. Whiteford, Michael Sharinus -- 17. Bringing up baby : expectations and reality in the early postpartum / Karen L. Michaelson -- 18. What determines the duration of breastfeeding? / Janice M. Morse, Margaret J. Harrison, Karen M. Williams
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Childbirth
General subdivision Social aspects
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Birth customs
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Anthropology, Cultural
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Delivery, Obstetric
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Labor, Obstetric
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Naissance
General subdivision Aspect social
Geographic subdivision États-Unis.
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Naissance
General subdivision Rites et coutumes
Geographic subdivision États-Unis.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Michaelson, Karen L.
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/childbirthinamer00michrich">http://www.archive.org/details/childbirthinamer00michrich</a>
Public note Free eBook from the Internet Archive
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8267753M">http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8267753M</a>
Public note Additional information and access via Open Library
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