The rhetoric of midwifery : gender, knowledge, and power /
Lay, Mary M.,
The rhetoric of midwifery : gender, knowledge, and power / Mary M. Lay. - x, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States -- Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates -- The Rhetorical History of Midwifery -- The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions and Boundary Spanning -- Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery -- Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse and Knowledge -- Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery -- Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources -- Glossary of Birth Terms -- Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of the Hearings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. App. A. App. B. App. C.
0813527783 9780813527789
99043562
Midwifery--Minnesota
Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc.--Minnesota.
Midwifery--Political aspects--Minnesota
RG950. / L39 2000
618.20233
The rhetoric of midwifery : gender, knowledge, and power / Mary M. Lay. - x, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- The Current Debate over Direct-Entry Midwifery in the United States -- Rhetorical Analysis and the Midwifery Debates -- The Rhetorical History of Midwifery -- The Minnesota Midwifery Study Advisory Group: Professional Jurisdictions and Boundary Spanning -- Licensing Rules and Regulations: Normalizing the Practice of Midwifery -- Jurisdictional Boundaries: Claiming Authority over Scientific Discourse and Knowledge -- Issues of Gender and Power: The Rhetoric of Direct-Entry Midwifery -- Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources -- Glossary of Birth Terms -- Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of the Hearings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. App. A. App. B. App. C.
0813527783 9780813527789
99043562
Midwifery--Minnesota
Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc.--Minnesota.
Midwifery--Political aspects--Minnesota
RG950. / L39 2000
618.20233