Mainstreaming midwives :the politics of change./ 
edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2006. 
 - x, 559 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>ACNM and MANA : divergent histories and convergent trends / Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Idealism and pragmatism in the creation of the certified midwife : the development of midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992 / Maureen May and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Qualified commodification: the creation of the certified professional midwife / Robbie Davis-Floyd -- "The governor's full support" : legalizing direct-entry midwifery in Florida / Melissa Denmark -- Minnesota direct-entry midwives : achieving legislative success through focusing on families, safety, and women's rights / Mary M. Lay and Kerry Dixon -- Risks, costs, and effects of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson with Amy Colo -- "Every breath is political, every woman's life a statement" : cross-class organizing for midwifery in Virginia / Christa Craven -- "I'm living my politics" : legalizing and licensing direct-entry midwives in Iowa / Carolyn A. Hough -- Creating a way out of no way : midwifery in Massachusetts / Christine Barbara Johnson -- From calling to career: keeping the social movement in the professional project / Betty-Anne Daviss -- Renegade midwives : assets or liabilities? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson -- Home to hospital transport : fractured articulation or magical mandorlas? / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretake the power of birth / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415931509 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005031271 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101261870  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Midwifery--History.--United States<br/>Midwives--History.--United States<br/>Midwifery--History--United States.<br/>Nurse Midwives--history--United States.<br/>Politics--United States.<br/>Professional Autonomy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG950.M34 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.198/2 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 11 AA1  / M225 2006