Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st Century: History, Politics and Safe Practice in England

ISBN-13: 9780367341367 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 204 str.

Julia Allison

Opis

This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements,  List of Figures,  List of Tables,  Foreword,  Preface,  Glossary of Terms,  Definitions and Conventions,  Introduction,  1.Late Medieval and Tudor Midwives  2.Tudor Midwives Their Lives and Practice  3.Midwives and Maternal Death in Tudor England  4.Midwives and Infant Death in Tudor England  5.Challenge and Change to Midwifery Practice  6.Midwives, Accoucheurs and the Bills of Mortality  7.Midwives, Institutions and Civil Registration  8.Certified and State Certified English Midwives  9.Early Years Following The 1902 Midwives Act  10.English Midwives In Peace and War 1936-1946  11.National Health Service and the Domiciliary Midwife  12.District Midwives and General Practitioners  13.Centralisation and Medicalisation of Midwifery Care  14.Hospitalisation of Birth, 1973-1989  15.Statutory Control, Higher Education and Better Birth?  Conclusion: English Midwives 15th - 21st Century.  Appendices: Transcript of Midwife Margaret Burwood’s Will, Early Parish Registers Read for this Book, Early Midwives licensed and unlicensed,  Index

O autorze

Julia Allison is Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is currently Vice President of the Royal College of Midwives, and is a former General Secretary.