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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caton, Donald, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Anesthesia in obstetrics > History.
Pain > Prevention > History.
Labor (Obstetrics)
Pain.
Social values.
Anesthesia in obstetrics.
Anesthesia.
Senses and sensation.
Pregnancy.
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases.
Social psychology.
Nervous system > Diseases.
Psychophysiology.
Diseases.
Anesthesia, Obstetrical > history
Pain > prevention & control
Labor, Obstetric
Pain
Social Values
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Anesthesia
Sensation
Pregnancy
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Psychology, Social
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
Nervous System Diseases
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Reproduction
Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Psychophysiology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Disease
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
Psychological Phenomena and Processes.
Psychiatry and Psychology.
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena.
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena.
Phenomena and Processes.
Anesthesia, General
Anesthésie en obstétrique > Histoire.
Travail (Obstétrique)
Douleur.
Valeurs sociales.
Anesthésie en obstétrique.
Anesthésie.
Sens et sensations.
Grossesse.
Manifestations neurologiques des maladies.
Psychologie sociale.
Système nerveux > Maladies.
Psychophysiologie.
Maladies.
sensation.
senses.
pregnancy.
social psychology.
disease.
illness.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Anesthesia.
MEDICAL > Anesthesiology.
Social values
Social psychology
Senses and sensation
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases
Nervous system > Diseases
Diseases
Anesthesia in obstetrics
Pain > Prevention
Geboorte.
Anesthesie.
Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. I. Physicians and the pain of childbirth. 1. "The head of Jove and the body of Bacchus" : James Young Simpson and the beginning of obstetric anesthesia
  • "A cup of Circe" : The opposition to obstetric anesthesia
  • 3. "Bled, leeched, salivated" :The transformation of medical practice by science
  • 4. "The queen in her confinement" : John Snow's approach to anesthesia
  • 5. "The tender organization of the newborn" : Balancing the risks of pain and anesthesia
  • pt. II. Women and the pain of childbirth. 6. "The sin of our first parents" : The social connotations of pain
  • 7. "This blessed chloroform" : Pain as biological and anesthesia as necessary
  • 8. "There ought to be no pain" : The American women's campaign for twilight sleep
  • 9. "Labor is pathogenic" : The national birthday trust fund campaign in Great Britain
  • 10. "As God intended" : Grantly Dick Read and the natural childbirth movement
  • pt. III. In the delivery room: physicians and women together. 11. "Pain makes things valuable" : The danger of drugs and the social value of pain
  • 12. "The greatest misery of sickness is solitude" : Current controversy.

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