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Midwives in history and society / Jean Towler and Joan Bramall.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm, ©1986.Description: xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0709924534
  • 9780709924531
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Midwives in history and society.DDC classification:
  • 610.73/678/09 19
  • 362.1/9820233 19
LOC classification:
  • RG950 .T69 1986
NLM classification:
  • WQ 11.1
Other classification:
  • 44.01
  • 44.92
  • XB 6000
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Mid Cheshire NHS Library Main Shelves 618.2 TOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00943783

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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