Midwives, society, and childbirth : debates and controversies in the modern period / / edited by Hilary Marland and Anne Marie Rafferty

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783702103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• ISBN: 1-134-78599-2; 1-134-78600-X; 1-280-31936-4; 0-585-45279-2; 9786610319367; 0-203-43589-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Collana: Studies in the social history of medicine
• Altri autori (Persone): MarlandHilary; RaffertyAnne Marie
• Disciplina: 362.1/980233
• Soggetti: Midwifery - Europe - History - 19th century; Midwifery - Europe - History - 20th century; Midwifery - Social aspects - Europe; Midwifery - United States - History - 19th century; Midwifery - United States - History - 20th century; Midwifery - Social aspects - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes six papers presented at the conference Nursing, Women's History and the Politics of Welfare, held in Nottingham, July 1993.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION MIDWIVES, SOCIETY AND CHILDBIRTH: DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES; ESTABLISHING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE: ORGANIZING EUROPEAN MIDWIFERY IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS 1919 1938; SWEDISH MIDWIVES AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES; HOW TO BE A MIDWIFE IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN; ROSALIND PAGET: THE MIDWIFE, THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND REFORM BEFORE 1914; THE 'ANTISEPTIC' TRANSFORMATION OF DANISH MIDWIVES, 1860 1920; STATE CONTROL IN LOCAL CONTEXT: PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFE REGULATION IN MANCHESTER, 1900 1914THE MIDWIFE AS HEALTH MISSIONARY: THE REFORM OF DUTCH CHILDBIRTH PRACTICES IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY; MIDWIVES AND THE QUALITY OF MATERNAL CARE; THE END OF HOME BIRTHS IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE ISLANDS OF NORTHERN ITALY; MIDWIFERY AND MEDICINE: GENDERED KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRACTICE OF DELIVERY; THE CONTROLLING POWER OF CHILDBIRTH IN BRITAIN; MIDWIVES AMONG THE MACHINE
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, particularly obstetric science in 20th century.