Babies for the nation : the medicalization of motherhood in Quebec, 1910-1970 /

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Described by some as a "necropolis for babies," the province of Quebec in the early twentieth century recorded infant mortality rates, particularly among French-speaking Catholics, that were among the highest in the Western world. This "bleeding of the nation" gave birth to a vas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1910-1970
Obstetrics > Social aspects > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Social control > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Maternal health services > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Newborn infants > Care > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Newborn infants > Mortality > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Child care > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Maternal Health Services > history
History, 20th Century
Infant Care > history
Infant Mortality > history
Obstetrics > history
Social Control, Informal > history
Obstétrique > Aspect social > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Contrôle social > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mères > Soins médicaux > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Périnatalité > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nouveau-nés > Mortalité > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Puériculture > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Child care
Maternal health services
Newborn infants > Care
Newborn infants > Mortality
Obstetrics > Social aspects
Social control
Perinatale Medizin
Geburtshilfe
Säuglingspflege
Neugeborenenkrankheit
Medizinische Versorgung
Neugeborenensterblichkeit
Quebec
Québec
Québec > Provinz
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. A "Bad Mother" Called Quebec
  • An Early Death
  • Dying While Giving Life
  • Chapter 2. A Very National Infant Mortality Rate
  • The Nation in Peril, 1910-1940
  • A National Dearth of Children, 1940-1970
  • Chapter 3. Let Us Have the Mother and the Child Is Ours
  • The Ignorance of Mothers
  • Teach Over and Over
  • Chapter 4. A School for Mothers
  • Clinics for Newborns
  • Home Care
  • The Victorian Order of Nurses
  • The Nurses from the "Met"
  • The Assistance maternelle
  • Services for Mothers Outside the Major Centres
  • Prenatal Clinics
  • Public Lectures and the Distribution of Documents
  • Chapter 5. Bitter Struggles
  • All for One
  • General Practitioners and Public Health Officials
  • General Practitioners and the Assistance maternelle de Montréal
  • Doctors and Nurses
  • Physicians and "Maternalist" Feminists
  • Church and State
  • Chapter 6. The Quebec Mother and Child
  • Care for Expectant Women
  • Care for Babies
  • To Read While Caring for Baby
  • Relations with Doctors and Nurses
  • Epilogue: To Have or Not to Have ...
  • Appendix 1. Sources
  • Appendix 2. Infant Mortality Rates, Canada and the Provinces, 1926-1965.

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