Immaculate deception: a new look at women and childbirth in AmericaA groundbreaking book on childbirth practices that will challenge the medical profession and help American women reclaim responsibility for their own right to birth. |
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Contents
Your Sister Has A Baby Girl | 1 |
Immaculate Deception | 7 |
Your Sister Has A Baby Boy | 25 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Immaculate deception: a new look at women and childbirth in America A San Francisco Series |
| Author | Suzanne Arms |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 19, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0395198933, 9780395198933 |
| Length | 318 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics |
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