TY  - BOOK
AU  - Towler,Jean
AU  - Bramall,Joan
TI  - Midwives in history and society
SN  - 0709924534
AV  - RG950 .T69 1986
U1  - 610.73/678/09 19
PY  - 1986///
CY  - London, Dover, N.H.
PB  - Croom Helm
KW  - Midwives
KW  - History
KW  - Midwifery
KW  - history
KW  - Sages-femmes
KW  - Histoire
KW  - fast
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - gnd
KW  - Hebamme
KW  - Verloskunde
KW  - gtt
KW  - Verloskundigen
KW  - nli
KW  - Obstetrics
KW  - Midwifery, to 1985
N1  - 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
UR  - https://bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/757034267
ER  -