Raymond Devries
Biographic Data
| ID | 166137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond Devries |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond |
| FAMILY NAME | Devries |
| SIGNATURE | DEVRIES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
It’s up to the Woman’s People”
Born in the USA
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
Bioethics in America
Because of its relative youth, the bioethics movement is an ideal arena for research by historians and social scientists; those who wish to learn more about medicine, the professions, and public attitudes toward technology and health care have easy access to both the documents and the principal actors associated with the field. In her slim volume— Bioethics in America counts only 159 pages of text—M. L. Tina Stevens takes full advantage of this o…
Midwifery in the Netherlands
The midwifery system of the Netherlands, where nearly one-third of births occur at home, is widely admired by birth activists. Why has the Netherlands maintained this way of birthing babies when all other European countries have shifted to hospital-based maternity care? In this article, I examine the societal forces - both structural and cultural--that allowed the Dutch to hold on to a way of delivering maternity services that other modernizing n…
Sociology and Bioethics in the U.S.A
The Organizational Structure of Ethics
Social science perspectives on medical ethics
Born in the USA
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
Social science perspectives on medical ethics
The Organizational Structure of Ethics
Sociology and Bioethics in the U.S.A
Midwifery in the Netherlands
The midwifery system of the Netherlands, where nearly one-third of births occur at home, is widely admired by birth activists. Why has the Netherlands maintained this way of birthing babies when all other European countries have shifted to hospital-based maternity care? In this article, I examine the societal forces - both structural and cultural--that allowed the Dutch to hold on to a way of delivering maternity services that other modernizing n…
Bioethics in America
Because of its relative youth, the bioethics movement is an ideal arena for research by historians and social scientists; those who wish to learn more about medicine, the professions, and public attitudes toward technology and health care have easy access to both the documents and the principal actors associated with the field. In her slim volume— Bioethics in America counts only 159 pages of text—M. L. Tina Stevens takes full advantage of this o…
Born in the USA
In lay terms, childbirth is regarded as a purely biological event: what is more natural than birth and death? On the other hand, social scientists have long understood that 'natural' events are socially structured. In the case of birth, sociologists have examined the social and cultural shaping of its timing, outcome, and the organization of care throughout the perinatal period. Continuing in this tradition, we examine the peculiar social design …
It’s up to the Woman’s People”
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Bioethics (2 works) · Business (2 works)