Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period

ISBN-13: 9780415133289 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 292 str.

Hilary Marland; Hilary Marland; Anne Marie Rafferty

Opis

This text examines midwives' lives and work in the 19th and 20th centuries on a national and international scale. Focusing on six countries from Europe, the approach is interdisciplinary with the studies written by a diverse team of social, medical and midwifery historians, sociologists, and those with experience in delivering childbirth services. Questioning many conventional historical assumptions, this book seeks to provide a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science in general and obstetric science in particular from the late-19th century. The contributors challenge the traditional bleak picture of midwives' decline in the face of institutional obstetrics, medical technology, and the growing power of the medical profession, while stressing the importance of regional influences and locality.

Recenzje

'This book will be of interest to anyone working in the field and to students undertaking courses in womens studies or social/medical history.' - Edith Hillan, Nursing Times, November 1997

'It is essential reading for every midwife, student midwife, midwifery manager and educationalist.' - Jane Podkolinski, Midwifery Digest, December 1997

Spis treści

List of figures, List of tables, Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION MIDWIVES, SOCIETY AND CHILDBIRTH: DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES, 1 ESTABLISHING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE: ORGANIZING EUROPEAN MIDWIFERY IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS 1919–1938, 2 SWEDISH MIDWIVES AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES, 3 HOW TO BE A MIDWIFE IN LATE NINETEENTHCENTURY SPAIN, 4 ROSALIND PAGET: THE MIDWIFE, THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND REFORM BEFORE 1914, 5 THE ‘ANTISEPTIC’ TRANSFORMATION OF DANISH MIDWIVES, 1860–1920, 6 STATE CONTROL IN LOCAL CONTEXT: PUBLIC HEALTH AND MIDWIFE REGULATION IN MANCHESTER, 1900–1914, 7 THE MIDWIFE AS HEALTH MISSIONARY: THE REFORM OF DUTCH CHILDBIRTH PRACTICES IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, 8 MIDWIVES AND THE QUALITY OF MATERNAL CARE, 9 THE END OF HOME BIRTHS IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE ISLANDS OF NORTHERN ITALY, 10 MIDWIFERY AND MEDICINE: GENDERED KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRACTICE OF DELIVERY, 11 THE CONTROLLING POWER OF CHILDBIRTH IN BRITAIN, 12 MIDWIVES AMONG THE MACHINES: RE-CREATING MIDWIFERY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Index

O autorze

Hilary Marland, Anne Marie Rafferty