Birth Models That Work

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES 
INTRODUCTION 
   Robbie Davis-Floyd, Lesley Barclay, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Jan Tritten 
   
PART ONE. LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELS 

1. The Dutch Obstetrical System: Vanguard of the Future in Maternity Care
    Raymond De Vries, Therese A. Wiegers, Beatrijs Smulders, and Edwin van Teijlingen 
2. The New Zealand Maternity System: A Midwifery Renaissance
    Chris Hendry 
3. The Ontario Midwifery Model of Care
    Margaret E. MacDonald and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault 
4. Samoan Midwives’ Stories: Joining Social and Professional Midwives in New Models 
    of Birth
    Lesley Barclay Utumuu 
   
PART TWO. LOCAL MODELS IN DEVELOPED NATIONS: HOSPITALS AND BIRTH CENTERS

5. The Albany Midwifery Practice
    Becky Reed and Cathy Walton 
6. Small Really Is Beautiful: Tales from a Freestanding Birth Center in England
    Denis Walsh 
7. Transforming the Culture of a Maternity Service: St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    Pat Brodie and Caroline Homer 
8. Maternity Homes in Japan: Reservoirs of Normal Childbirth
    Etsuko Matsuoka and Fumiko Hinokuma 
9. The Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center Model, Taos, New Mexico
    Elizabeth Gilmore 
   
PART THREE. LOCAL MODELS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES, Professional
MIDWIVES AND OBSTETRICIANS WORKING TOGETHER

10. Teamwork: An Obstetrician, a Midwife, and a Doula in Brazil
     Ricardo Herbert Jones
11. The CASA Hospital and Professional Midwifery School: An Education and Practice 
     Model That Works
     Lisa Mills and Robbie Davis-Floyd 
12. Mercy in Action: Bringing Mother- and Baby-Friendly Birth Centers to the Philippines
     Vicki Penwell 
    
PART FOUR. MAKING MODELS WORK 
13. Circles of Community: The CenteringPregnancy® Group Prenatal Care Model
     Sharon Schindler Rising and Rima Jolivet 
14. Humanizing Childbirth to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Mortality: A National 
     Effort in Brazil
     Daphne Rattner, Isa Paula Hamouche Abreu, Maria José de Oliveira Araújo, and
     Adson Roberto França Santos 
15. “Orchestrating Normal”: The Conduct of Midwifery in the United States
     Holly Powell Kennedy 
    
CONCLUSION 
   Robbie Davis-Floyd, Lesley Barclay, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Jan Tritten 
   
CONTRIBUTORS 
INDEX