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Meet the authors series presents St. Olaf professor Raymond DeVries

by Sandra Gilderhus
November 10, 2004

The fall 2004 author series "Meet the authors!" presents Raymond DeVries, St. Olaf college professor of sociology and anthropology and author of "A Pleasing Birth: Midwives and Maternity Care in the Netherlands." The bookreading will be on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m., in Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater and is free and open to the public.

DeVries has a strong interest in bio-ethics and midwifery and has done extensive research in the Netherlands on the role of midwives in the Dutch health care system. DeVries' other books include: "Making Midwives Legal," and "Regulating Birth: Midwives, Medicine and the Law" and he is co-author of several others.

Contact Sandra Gilderhus at 507-646-3032 or gilderhu@stolaf.edu.