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Brought to Bed : Childbearing in America, 1750-1950.
Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present. Judith Walzer Leavitt's study focuses on the traditional woman-centered home-birthing practices, their replacement by male doctors, an...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 "Under the Shadow of Maternity": Childbirth and Women's Lives in America; 2 "Science" Enters the Birthing Room: The Impact of Physician Obstetrics; 3 "Overcivilization and Maternity": Differences in Women's Childbirth Experiences; 4 "Only a Woman Can Know": The Role of Gender in the Birthing Room; 5 "The Greatest Blessing of This Age": Pain Relief in Obstetrics; 6 Why Women Suffer So: Meddlesome Midwifery and Scrupulous Cleanliness; 7 "Alone Among Strangers": Birth Moves to the Hospital; 8 Decision-Making and the Process of Change; Epilogue; Notes.