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A Pleasing Birth: Midwives and Maternity Care

By Raymond De Vries

A Pleasing Birth: Midwives and Maternity Care Medicine

A Pleasing Birth: Midwives and Maternity Care

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In exploring the historical, social, and cultural customs responsible for the Dutch way of birth, Raymond De Vries opens a new page in the analysis of health care and explains why maternal care reform has proven so difficult in the U.S. He carefully documents the way culture shapes the organization of health care, showing how the unique maternity care system of the Netherlands is the result of Dutch ideas about home, the family, women, the body and pain, thriftiness, heroes, and solidarity. A Pleasing Birth breaks new ground and closes gaps in our knowledge of the social and cultural foundations of health care. Offering a view into the Dutch notion of maternity care, De Vries also offers a chance of imagining how Dutch practices can reform health care in the U.S. not just for mothers and babies, but for all Americans.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
296
Release Date:
2005-01-30
Publication Date:
2005-01-31
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1592131034
ISBN13:
9781592131037
Weight:
395 g
Height:
162 cm
Width:
227 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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