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Books on: birth alternative

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Birth Alternatives: How Women Select Childbirth Care

Book by Sandra Howell-White; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Childbirth--Popular Works, Midwives--Popular Works, Natural Childbirth--Popular Works, Pregnancy--Popular Works

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...of satisfaction with these alternatives as well as their beliefs...the CNMs jurisdiction over birth. SELECTION OF A "NATURAL" BIRTH EXPERIENCE Since most women...1993 , most studies of alternative birth providers and settings have...that planned alternative births are just as "safe" as those...
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Coerced Contraception? Moral and Policy Challenges of Long-Acting Birth Control

Book by Ellen H. Moskowitz, Bruce Jennings; Georgetown University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Birth Control--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Birth Control--Moral And Ethical Aspects--United States, Contraceptives--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Male Contraceptives--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Social Policy--Moral And Ethical Aspects, United States--Social Policy--Moral And Ethical Aspects

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...contraceptive Norplant. It is a highly effective birth control methods. consisting of six small horniotic...worldwide, American women had a new and different birth control alternative. To many, Norl?lant seemed like a welcome addition...
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Colonialism, Catholicism, and Contraception: A History of Birth Control in Puerto Rico

Book by Annette B. Ramairez de Arellano, Conrad Seipp; University of North Carolina Press, 1983

Subjects:

Birth Control--Puerto Rico--History, Birth Control--Religious Aspects--Catholic Church, Contraception--Puerto Rico--History, Contraception--Religious Aspects--Catholic Church, Puerto Rico--Social Conditions

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...shalt not kill" on the cover, the association expressed its commitment to combat abortion and provide birth control services as an alternative to unwanted pregnancy. 89 The group also indicated that responsibility for fighting abortion should...
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The Politics of Healing: Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America

Book by Robert D. Johnston; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Alternative Medicine--North America--History--20th Century, Alternative Medicine--North America--Political Aspects--20th Century

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...contraception and other natural birth control, women of the late 1970s...feminist movements flirtation with alternative birth control proved short-lived. In...single sentence on astrological birth control: This doesnt work. 20...
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Choice and Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare

Book by Johanna Schoen; University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Subjects:

Abortion--Government Policy--North Carolina--History, Birth Control--Government Policy--North Carolina--History

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...Virginia, and, in the 195ops, the birth control pill in Kentucky and Puerto...about the risks and lacked access to alternative birth control methods, historians have...fact, the bias in favor of simpler birth control methods worked as a strong...

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Journal Articles on: birth alternative

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Demographic Models of Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality: an Alternative Measurement Approach

Journal article by Patricio Solis, Starling G. Pullum, W. Parker Frisbie; Demography, Vol. 37, 2000

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Estimating techniques, Infant mortality, Models, Statistical analysis, Studies, United States

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...the relationship between birth weight and gestational age...Wilcox and Russell (1983) that birth weight represents a "lethal...very heavy and low-weight births. Certainly, infant mortality...for them than for their low-birth-weight counterparts. DISCUSSION...In this paper we propose an alternative method for evaluating the effect...
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Environmental Factors in Birth Defects: What We Need to Know

Journal article by Bob Weinhold; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 117, 2009

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Birth defects--Research, Birth defects--Risk factors, Children--Health aspects

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...because surveillance data on birth defects remain relatively...the reports estimates, birth defects affect about 4% of live births in high-income countries...colleagues have developed an alternative method of tracking birth defect incidence based...
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Not Women's Rights: Birth Control as Poverty Control in Arkansas

Journal article by Melanie K. Welch; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 69, 2010

Subjects:

Abortion, Birth control, Family planning, Womens health

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Either because of the birth-control pills side...number of women sought an alternative to oral contraceptives...be had cheaper than birth-control pills. In...agencies, Arkansass birth-control advocates...probably had little alternative but to argue in such...
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Adjudicating Severe Birth Injury Claims in Florida and Virginia: the Experience of a Landmark Experiment in Personal Injury Compensation

Journal article by Gil Siegal, Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert; American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 34, 2008

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Alternative dispute resolution, Claims processing, Decision making, Design, Experiments, Experts, Federal legislation, Health care expenditures, Injuries, Judicial process, Litigation, Medical errors, Medical malpractice, Medical research, Patient safety, Proposals, Tribunals & commissions

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...brachial plexus during birth typically occurs...1 case per 1000 births.72 Thus, it...physical impairment as alternative rather than dual...injury provides an alternative causal route through...claimants may establish birth-related impairment...a shift to the alternative could raise legal...of catastrophic birth injuries.100...
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How the Birth of a Child Affects Involvement with Stepchildren

Journal article by Susan D. Stewart; Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 67, 2005

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Births, Children & youth, Families & family life, Parents & parenting, Personal relationships, Stepfamilies

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Fraleigh, 1987). The Birth of (Half)Siblings and Parental...Statistics, 1990), and births to remarried couples represent...increasing proportion of all births (Wineberg, 1990). It is...assessed before and after the birth of a child, my results should...literature suggests three alternative hypotheses as to the effect...

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Magazine Articles on: birth alternative

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Noah's Birth Brings a Flood of Questions

Magazine article by Tamara Levine; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 27, Spring 2001

Subjects:

Advanced Cell Technology Inc.--Research, Animals--Habitations, Biological diversity conservation--Evaluation, Biotechnology industry--Research, Cloning--Moral and ethical aspects, Endangered species--Reproduction, Oxen--Research

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...native to east Asia, had given birth to a male gaur calf, named...Michael West says the successful birth represents a new way of preserving...fetus rejection by the host and birth complications. Another problem...that this could be seen as an alternative," says Scientific American...
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Bambi on Birth Control

Magazine article by Jennifer Weeks; Plenty, October 2007

Subjects:

Animal vaccines, Animals, Birth control, Demand, United States

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...overpopulation are turning to birth control, which is generally seen as a humane alternative to hunting or culling herds...Montana. Thats because birth control is often quite effective...Early versions of animal birth control relied on steroids...
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The Language of Birth

Magazine article by Alyssa Colton; Mothering, September 2006

Subjects:

Births, Childbirth & labor, Emotions, Mothers

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...bodys natural preparations for birth; the experience of pain is...irrational. Contractions and an alternative word, rushes, describe more...matter how or where they gave birth, viewed it as an empowering...how many different kinds of births there can be, yet at the same time I learned how much birth is governed by the natural...
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How to Get Up to Speed on Alternative Medicine

Magazine article by Deborah Grandinetti; Medical Economics, Vol. 76, February 22, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative medicine, Books, Conferences, Continuing education, Newsletters, Physicians, Trade publications, United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...effective, lower-cost alternatives to conventional care. Theres...Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (altmed.od...JAMAs special issue on alternative medicine, published last...six randomized trials of alternative therapies for common clinical...moxibustion for breech birth, and Chinese herbal medicine...
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What You May Not Know about Natural Birth Control

Magazine article by Norine Dworkin; Vegetarian Times, July 1998

Subjects:

Birth control, Fertility, Women

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...recent surge of interest in alternative health, women from a unique...in the politically charged birth control arena, the two groups...opposite sides. With natural birth control, their goal-preventing...planning. They dont view this as birth control per se but as an acceptable...for married couples to space births until they reach their desired...

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Newspaper Articles on: birth alternative

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MY DRUG-FREE CHILDBIRTH; Mind over Labour Currently One Woman in Five Opts for an Epidural as a Means of Pain-Free Childbirth. but the Royal College of Midwives Believes This Figure Is Too High and Is Proposing to Charge for Them. Forty per Cent of Women Who Have Epidurals Require Further Intervention, Such as Forceps or Ventouse. YOU Columnist Alice King Describes Her Drug-Free Birth Alternative

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 9, 2006

Subjects:

Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Alice King Describes Her Drug-Free Birth Alternative. Byline: ALICE KING I Iam floating...stage of labour for the drug-free birth of son number three at home...superwoman, and having already given birth twice without drugs, I had no illusions...
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GPs 'Denying Women Birth Control Choice'; Alternative Contraceptives Could Save NHS [Pounds Sterling

Newspaper article; October 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GPs Denying Women Birth Control Choice; Alternative Contraceptives Could Save NHS Pounds Sterling500million over 15 Years. Byline: JULIE WHELDON WOMEN are being denied access to...
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Techniques Ease Trauma of Childbirth; in Association with the NHS North East Giving Birth Need Not Be a Frightening Experience, and Experts in Alternative Therapies Are Finding Ways to Make the Big Day as Comfortable as Possible. as Part of Pregnancy Health Awareness Month, Reporter JANE PICKEN Finds out More

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 17, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...North East Giving Birth Need Not Be a Frightening...and Experts in Alternative Therapies Are Finding...been an expert in alternative care and offers...before and after the birth. But it all started...although its not an alternative to whats already...confidence about the birth. At lot of parents...
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True Lives: Tale of the Stork and a Partridge; Back in 1989 the ECHO Celebrated the "Alternative 12 Days of Christmas" at a Liverpool Hospital. Eighteen Years on a Proud Mum Tells Amy Salter about the Day She Gave Birth to a Partridge in a Pear Tree . .

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), December 19, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1989 the ECHO Celebrated the "Alternative 12 Days of Christmas" at a...Salter about the Day She Gave Birth to a Partridge in a Pear Tree...Christmas a new mum-to-be gave birth to a partridge in a pear tree...already been set for a memorable birth as Alex was due to be born...
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Embrace Birth of New Focus

Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), August 15, 2011

Subjects:

Alternative medicine

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Embrace Birth of New Focus. Byline: Miranda Cashin COMPLEMENTARY or alternative medicine can be a great addition...health professionals and the birth of her child in the public...supported through pregnancy and birth? What is your approach to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: birth alternative

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Umbilical Cord

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...oxygenated blood and two arteries carry unoxygenated blood. After birth, the cord is clamped off and cut. It is sometimes abnormal...private cord blood banks in case of future need as a transplant alternative to bone marrow, but in many diseases treated with stem cells...
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Air Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...investigation is the relation of air pollution to cancer , birth defects , and genetic mutations . A recently discovered result...begun in the United States, Japan, and Europe to develop alternative energy sources (see energy, sources of ), as well as different...
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Comic Strip

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...early as 1892, it is the year 1896 that commonly marks the birth of the genre in the American press, with Richard Felton Outcaults...art, and music. Erotic comic strips found a place in some alternative publications; Robert Crumbs lewd, finely drawn strips, which...
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Bolivia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reform programs and pursued an aggressive coca-eradication and alternative-crop program. The governments antidrug programs led to economic...eradication program, became the first Bolivian of indigenous birth to be elected president. The election also marked the beginning...

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