Midwives in history and society / Jean Towler and Joan Bramall.
Publication details: London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm, ©1986.Description: xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0709924534
- 9780709924531
- 610.73/678/09 19
- 362.1/9820233 19
- RG950 .T69 1986
- WQ 11.1
- 44.01
- 44.92
- XB 6000
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the beginning -- Midwives in early history -- Customs and practices associated with childbearing in the Dark Ages and Medieval period -- The emergence of English midwives and European influences on midwifery practice -- the development of midwifery as a science and the beginning of obstetrics in England -- He-midwife or she-midwife? Eighteenth-century midwives and their battle for survival -- Nineteenth-century midwives and their struggle for state recognition -- The Twentieth-century state certified midwife -- The midwife's renewed battle for survival -- The reappraisal of childbirth practices and the restoration of the midwife -- Statutory bodies and legislation -- Central Midwives Board. Chairmen. Deputy chairmen from 1902 to 1983 -- Index.
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