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Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Creator:

Coffey, Kimberly Ann

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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). However, Betty-Anne Daviss argues that the home birth movement is an important faction of the ABM