Lay, Mary M., <br/><br/>
The rhetoric of midwifery :  gender, knowledge, and power / 
Mary M. Lay. 
 - x, 239 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813527783 9780813527789 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99043562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Midwifery--Minnesota<br/>Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc.--Minnesota.<br/>Midwifery--Political aspects--Minnesota
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG950.  / L39 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.20233