Successful Home Birth and Midwifery

EVA ABRAHAM-VAN DER MARK is Research Officer at the University of Groningen and the University of Amsterdam. She has published widely on the subject of home birth and midwifery.

Preface
Introduction to the Dutch System of Home Birth and Midwifery by Eva Abraham-Van der Mark
Historical Background
The Guardians of Normal Birth: The Debate on the Standard and Status of the Midwife in the Netherlands around 1900 by Hilary Marland
Dutch Obstetric Science: Emergence, Growth, and Present Situation by Anja Hiddinga
Family Change and Continuity in the Netherlands: Birth and Childbed in Text and Art by Rineke van Daalen
The Selection System and the Quality of Care
Selection as the Basis of Obstetric Care in the Netherlands by Pieter E. Treffers
How Safe are Dutch Home Births? by Simone E. Buitendijk
The Impact of Medical-technological Developments on Midwifery in the Netherlands by Tjeerd Tymstra
Midwives, Maternity Home Care Assistants and the Role of the State
Dutch Midwifery, Past and Present: An Overview by Eva Abraham-Van der Mark
Maternity Home Care Assistant: A Unique Occupation by Edwin van Teijlingen
Illness versus Natural Process: Competing Paradigms in Great Britain and the Netherlands by L.H. Lumey
Interview with Professor Gerrit-Jan Kloosterman, Obstetrician and Advocate of the Dutch Obstetric System by Rineke van Daalen and Reinie van Goor
Going Dutch: Lessons for Americans from the Dutch Birth Experience by Barbara Katz Rothman
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