03973cam a2200505 a 4500 childbirthinamer00michrich CaSfIA 20230525155022.0 cr|||| 871218s1988 maua b 001 0 eng 87037490 DLC DLC NLM MUQ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP CRH CRU UBY CaSfIA 8903751 DNLM 19399374 0897891376 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $18.95 9780897891370 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0897891368 (hard : alk. paper) : $44.95 9780897891363 (hard : alk. paper) (OCoLC)17300937 (OCoLC)19399374 n-us--- RG652 .C474 1988 WQ 150 C5355 1988 392/.12/0973 19 Childbirth in America : [electronic resource] anthropological perspectives / Karen L. Michaelson & contributors. South Hadley, Mass. : Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1988. ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 273-298. 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 Includes index. Childbirth Social aspects United States. Birth customs United States. Anthropology, Cultural United States. Delivery, Obstetric United States. Labor, Obstetric United States. Naissance Aspect social États-Unis. Naissance Rites et coutumes États-Unis. Michaelson, Karen L. http://www.archive.org/details/childbirthinamer00michrich Free eBook from the Internet Archive http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8267753M Additional information and access via Open Library NLM 8903751 NLGGC 043537812 YDXCP 1024441 NZ1 3332005 AU@ 000005670459 0 0 0 0 Project Gutenberg CSPC CSPC 2023-05-25 0 RG652 .C474 1988 2023-05-25 00:00:00 2023-05-25 EBK 21224 21224