INTERPRETATION AND CRITIQUE OF THE CHOICE AND EXPERIENCE OF HOME BIRTH: POSITIVE HOME BIRTH EXPERIENCES OF NEW YORK WOMEN (BIRTH ALTERNATIVES, OUT-OF-HOSPITAL BIRTH, HERMENEUTICS).
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Title
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INTERPRETATION AND CRITIQUE OF THE CHOICE AND EXPERIENCE OF HOME BIRTH: POSITIVE HOME BIRTH EXPERIENCES OF NEW YORK WOMEN (BIRTH ALTERNATIVES, OUT-OF-HOSPITAL BIRTH, HERMENEUTICS).
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Identifier
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AAI8614688
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identifier
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8614688
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Creator
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LIPKOWITZ, KERI HEITNER.
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Contributor
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Maxine Wolfe
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Women's Studies
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Abstract
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A methodology informed by the principles of philosophical hermeneutics and critical theory was applied to the study of home birth. The women in the study were living in the New York Metropolitan area and were white, mostly college-educated, and predominantly middle-class. The majority of births were attended by Certified Nurse Midwives, and the experiences were overwhelmingly positive. A group of women who had home births prior to nineteen-sixty were also included in the study to provide a contrast of experiences. The purpose of the research was to understand the women's choice and experience of home birth within its historical, social, physical, economic and political context. The four aspects of the hermeneutic circle provided the levels of analysis: (1) childbirth in the New York Metropolitan area and childbirth in the United States, (2) the women's past and present attitudes, beliefs and experiences relating to childbirth, (3) relationships with practitioners, prenatal care, birth setting, support persons, etc., and (4) the birth itself: characteristics of labor, birth positions, perception of pain, actions of birth attendants, etc.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
