Delivered by midwives : African American midwifery in the twentieth-century South /

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""Catchin' babies" was merely one aspect of the broad role of African American midwives in the twentieth-century South. Yet, little has been written about the type of care they provided or how midwifery and maternity care evolved under the increasing presence of local and federal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luke, Jenny M., 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
Temas:
1900-1999
African American midwives > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Midwifery > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Childbirth > History > 20th century.
Sages-femmes noires américaines > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sages-femmes > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health.
African American midwives.
Childbirth.
Midwifery.
Southern States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Motherwit: lay midwifery
  • Out of slavery
  • Cultural motifs persist
  • Licensing and the "new laws"
  • Implementing the changes
  • Working with the state
  • Working with physicians
  • Asafetida to aureomycin: African American nurse-midwives
  • Establishing the professional nurse-midwife
  • African American nurse-midwives
  • The application of nurse-midwives
  • Problems of racism and challenges to professionalism
  • Changing attitudes and better access
  • Overcoming challenges
  • African American women turn to hospital birth
  • Changing childbirth customs
  • Midwifery in transition
  • Lay midwives "retire"
  • Midwifery becomes a white woman's realm
  • Midwifery today and its potential for tomorrow.

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