What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from 1800 to the present /
"This book describes in fascinating detail the history of the use of anesthesia in childbirth and in so doing offers a unique perspective on the interaction between medical science and social values. Dr. Donald Caton traces the responses of physicians and their patients to the pain of childbirt...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "This book describes in fascinating detail the history of the use of anesthesia in childbirth and in so doing offers a unique perspective on the interaction between medical science and social values. Dr. Donald Caton traces the responses of physicians and their patients to the pain of childbirth from the popularization of anesthesia to the natural childbirth movement and beyond. He finds that physicians discovered what could be done to manage pain, and patients decided what would be done."--Jacket. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-277) and index. |
ISBN: | 0585362041 9780585362045 |