Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELS -- 1. The Dutch Obstetrical System: Vanguard of the Future in Maternity Care -- 2. The New Zealand Maternity System: A Midwifery Renaissance -- 3. The Ontario Midwifery Model of Care -- 4. Samoan Midwives' Stories: Joining Social and Professional Midwives in New Models of Birth -- PART TWO. LOCAL MODELS IN DEVELOPED NATIONS: HOSPITALS AND BIRTH CENTERS -- 5. The Albany Midwifery Practice -- 6. Small Really Is Beautiful: Tales from a Freestanding Birth Center in England -- 7. Transforming the Culture of a Maternity Service: St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia -- 8. Maternity Homes in Japan: Reservoirs of Normal Childbirth -- 9. The Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center Model, Taos, New Mexico -- PART THREE. LOCAL MODELS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES, PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES, AND OBSTETRICIANS WORKING TOGETHER -- 10. Teamwork: An Obstetrician, a Midwife, and a Doula in Brazil -- 11. The CASA Hospital and Professional Midwifery School: An Education and Practice Model That Works -- 12. Mercy in Action: Bringing Mother- and Baby-Friendly Birth Centers to the Philippines -- PART FOUR. MAKING MODELS WORK -- 13. Circles of Community: The CenteringPregnancy® Group Prenatal Care Model -- 14. Humanizing Childbirth to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Mortality: A National Effort in Brazil -- 15. "Orchestrating Normal": The Conduct of Midwifery in the United States -- CONCLUSION -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.