Lying-in : a history of childbirth in America /

This lively history of childbirth begins with colonial days, when childbirth was a social event, and moves on to the gradual medicalization of childbirth in America as doctors forced midwives out of business and to the home birth movement of the 1980s. Widely praised when it was first published in 1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wertz, Richard W.
Otros Autores: Wertz, Dorothy C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1989.
Edición:Expanded ed.
Temas:
Obstetrics > United States > History.
Childbirth > United States > History.
Obstetrics > Social aspects > United States > History.
Maternal health services > United States > History.
Delivery, Obstetric > history
Midwifery > history
Natural Childbirth > history
Obstetrics > history
Obstétrique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Accouchement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Obstétrique > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mères > Soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Childbirth
Maternal health services
Obstetrics
Obstetrics > Social aspects
Geburtshilfe
Geschichte
Geburt
obstétrique > Etats-Unis > 17e s. > 20e s. (2e moitié)
accouchement > Etats-Unis > 17e s. > 20e s. (2e moitié)
United States
USA
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Midwives and social childbirth in colonial America
  • The new midwifery
  • Modesty and morality
  • The wounds of birth: Birthpain and puerperal fever
  • Birth in the hospital
  • "Natural childbirth"
  • Government involvement
  • Creating the perfect child: The 1980s and beyond
  • Epilogue: Everybody's search for the best.

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