anthropological perspectives Michaelson, Karen L. text bibliography mau South Hadley, Mass Bergin & Garvey Publishers 1988 monographic eng

print

electronic resource

ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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 Karen L. Michaelson & contributors. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 273-298. n-us--- 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 RG652 .C474 1988 392/.12/0973 WQ 150 C5355 1988 0897891376 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 9780897891370 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0897891368 (hard : alk. paper) : 9780897891363 (hard : alk. paper) 87037490 http://www.archive.org/details/childbirthinamer00michrich http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8267753M http://www.archive.org/details/childbirthinamer00michrich http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8267753M DLC 871218 20230525155022.0 childbirthinamer00michrich