Nations are built of babies : saving Ontario's mothers and children, 1900-1940 /

"Nations Are Built of Babies" documents a national campaign by Ontario physicians to reduce infant and maternal mortality in the early twentieth century. Armed with a secure faith in science and aided by the increasingly important position of experts in Canadian society, the medical profes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Comacchio, Cynthia R., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1993.
Temas:
Preventive health services for children > Ontario > History.
Infants > Health and hygiene > Ontario > History.
Infants > Mortality > Ontario > History.
Maternal health services > Ontario > History.
Infant Welfare > history
Child Health Services > history
Child Rearing > history
Health Policy > history
Enfants > Soins médicaux préventifs > Ontario > Histoire.
Nourrissons > Santé et hygiène > Ontario > Histoire.
Nourrissons > Mortalité > Ontario > Histoire.
Mères > Soins médicaux > Ontario > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Children's Health.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Infants > Health and hygiene
Infants > Mortality
Maternal health services
Preventive health services for children
Ontario
Electronic books.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Guarded Against Harmful Conditions: The Campaign's Setting
  • 3 The Infant Soldier: Early Child Welfare Efforts
  • 4 To Glorify, Dignify and Purify: Saving Mothers
  • 5 We Want Perfect Parents: Mothers, Medicine, and the State
  • 6 A Healthy Programme for Life: The Management of Childhood
  • 7 By Every Means in Our Power: Child and Maternal Welfare Services
  • 8 Ninety-Nine Percent Child Study Conscious: The Public Response
  • 9 Despite the Best Efforts: The Campaign's Effects
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index

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