TY - BOOK AU - Lay,Mary M. TI - The rhetoric of midwifery: gender, knowledge, and power SN - 0813527783 AV - RG950. L39 2000 U1 - 618.20233 PY - 2000///] CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Midwifery KW - Minnesota KW - Midwives KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Political aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and 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 --; App. A; Additional Notes on Methodology and Sources --; App. B; Glossary of Birth Terms --; App. C; Rhetors Involved in the Minnesota Hearings and Chronology of the Hearings --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index ER -