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Home Birth—Why It's Necessary
By Ina May Gaskin, CPM


How the Safe Motherhood Quilt Began: Its Purpose
By Ina May Gaskin, MA, CPM


A Summary of Articles Published in English about Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Cervical Ripening or Induction of Labor
By Ina May Gaskin, CPM


Why Midwifery?
By G. J. Kloosterman, M.D.


The Universal Aspects of Childbirth
By Prof. Dr. G.J. Kloosterman


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Maternal Mortality in Developed Countries: Not Just a Concern of the Past
By Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH; Sophie Alexander, MD, and Cynthia Berg, MD, MPH


Medically Unnecessary Cesarean Section Births: Introduction to a Symposium
By Carol Sakala


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It's not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth.

-- Barbara Katz Rothman, Sociologist, Author of The Tentative Pregnancy, Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations and other books.



The Misoprostol/Cytotec Controversy

Zehn weitere Geburtsgeschichten aus der Originalausgabe von Ina Mays neuem Buch (Die selbstbestimmte Geburt), die nicht in der deutschen Ausgabe enthalten sind.