A different place to birth: A material rhetoric analysis of baby haven, a free-standing birth center

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-38

  Schuster, Mary Lay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Birth; Bodies; Material rhetoric; Privacy; Resistance; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849124194     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2006.10757626     Document Type: Article

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