What roles should midwives play within the US healthcare system? Must they have certified degrees and be under the jurisdiction of a professional board? Do notions of gender erect barriers between the medical professions? This book attempts to answer many questions on the rhetoric of midwifery.
What roles should midwives play within the US healthcare system? Must they have certified degrees and be under the jurisdiction of a professional board? Do notions of gender erect barriers between the medical professions? This book attempts to answer many questions on the rhetoric of midwifery.
Mary Lay is professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, and director of its graduate rhetoric and scientific and technical communication program. She is the author of several books on technical writing and communication, and is the co-editor of Body Talk: Feminist and Rhetorical Studies of Reproductive Sciences.
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Preface 1. The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States 2. Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates 3. The Rhetorical History of Midwifery 4. The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions and Boundary Spanning 5. Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery 6. Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse and Knowledge 7. Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery Appendix A - Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources Appendix B - Glossary of Birth Terms Appendix C - Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of the Hearings Notes Bibliography Index
Preface 1. The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States 2. Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates 3. The Rhetorical History of Midwifery 4. The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions and Boundary Spanning 5. Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery 6. Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse and Knowledge 7. Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery Appendix A - Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources Appendix B - Glossary of Birth Terms Appendix C - Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of the Hearings Notes Bibliography Index
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