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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Allison, Julia. Midwifery from the Tudors to the twenty-first century. New York : Routledge, 2020 (DLC) 2020011924 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Julia Allison |
| ISBN: | 9780367341367 0367341360 9780367820244 0367820242 |
| OCLC Number: | 1142350374 |
| Description: | xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | 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 |
| Other Titles: | Midwifery from the Tudors to the twenty-first century |
| Responsibility: | Julia Allison. |
Abstract:
"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"--
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