Brought to Bed : Childbearing in America, 1750-1950.

Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present. Judith Walzer Leavitt's study focuses on the traditional woman-centered home-birthing practices, their replacement by male doctors, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leavitt, Judith Walzer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Temas:
1700-1999
Obstetrics > United States > History > 18th century.
Obstetrics > United States > History > 19th century.
Obstetrics > United States > History > 20th century.
Childbirth > United States > History > 18th century.
Childbirth > United States > History > 19th century.
Childbirth > United States > History > 20th century.
Obstétrique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Obstétrique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Obstétrique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Childbirth
Obstetrics
United States
Obstetrics.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present. Judith Walzer Leavitt's study focuses on the traditional woman-centered home-birthing practices, their replacement by male doctors, and the movement from the home to the hospital. She explains that childbearing women and their physicians gradually changed birth places because they believed the increased medicalization would make giving birth safer and more comfortable. Ironically, because of infection, infant and maternal mortality did.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:9780198020912
0198020910

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