| Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period Contributor(s): Marland, Hilary (Editor), Rafferty, Anne Marie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415133289 ISBN-13: 9780415133289 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: "Midwives, Society and Childbirth" examines midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale, focusing on six countries from Europe, including Denmark, Italy, England and Spain, and the United States. Questioning many conventional historical assumptions, this book is fundamental to a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science, especially obstetric science, from the late nineteenth century. The contributors challenge the traditional bleak picture of midwives' decline in the face of institutional obstetrics, medical technology, and the growing power of the medical profession. Ultimately an original and finely nuanced picture emerges, where the experience and status of midwives was affected above all by regional influences, and where the importance of locality is stressed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - History |
| Dewey: 362.198 |
| LCCN: 96041125 |
| Lexile Measure: 1640 |
| Series: Curriculum in Primary Practice Series |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale. Focusing on six countries from Europe, the approach is interdisciplinary with the studies written by a diverse team of social, medical and midwifery historians, sociologists, and those with experience in delivering childbirth services. Questioning for the first time many conventional historical assumptions, this book is fundamental to a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science in general and obstetric science in particular from the late nineteenth century. The contributors challenge the traditional bleak picture of midwives' decline in the face of institutional obstetrics, medical technology, and the growing power of the medical profession, while stressing the importance of regional influences and locality. Dr Anne Marie Rafferty, Philadelphia, Dr Hilary Marland, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Dr Irvine Louden, Oxfordshire, Joan Mottram, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medic |