Lamaze : : an international history / / Paula A. Michaels.
"The Lamaze method is virtually synonymous with natural childbirth in America. In the 1970s, taking Lamaze classes was a common rite of passage to parenthood. The conscious relaxation and patterned breathing techniques touted as a natural and empowering path to the alleviation of pain in childb...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford studies in international history
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (259 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Medicalized Childbirth and Natural Childbirth
- 3. The Soviet Method, 1936-51
- 4. "Science Knows No Borders": Psychoprophylaxis in France, 1951-56
- 5. "Passionate Controversies": Conflict and Change in Psychoprophylaxis across Europe in the 1950s
- 6. Lamaze Goes Global, 1957-67
- 7. American Gains and Global Decline, 1968-80
- 8. Epilogue: Revolution or Cooptation?.