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Author Brodsky, Phyllis L., 1936-

Title The control of childbirth : women versus medicine through the ages / Phyllis L. Brodsky ; foreword by Mary Ann Shah.

Publication Info. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
©2008
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.4 B864C    Check Shelf
Description ix, 211 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Summary "From pre-classical to present times, this work describes childbirth practices as they have developed through the ages"--Provided by publisher.
Contents Childbirth in primitive and ancient times -- The Middle Ages: an era of despair and persecution -- The sixteenth century: a Renaissance -- The seventeenth century: men and their instruments -- The eighteenth century: men and science -- The nineteenth century: men and disease -- Childbirth in early America -- Nineteenth-century America: the birth of obstetrics and gynecology -- Early twentieth-century America: the "midwife problem" and medicalized childbirth -- The second half of the twentieth century: technology-managed childbirth, by Edna Quinn -- The twenty-first century: technological childbirth challenged -- Conclusion: women in power.
Subject Childbirth -- History.
Obstetrics -- History.
Obstetrics -- history.
Maternal Health Services -- history.
Parturition.
Reproductive Rights -- history.
Chronological Term Geschichte (umfassend)
Geschichte Anfänge-2007
Other Form: Online version: Brodsky, Phyllis L., 1936- Control of childbirth. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008 (OCoLC)608124131
Online version: Brodsky, Phyllis L., 1936- Control of childbirth. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008 (OCoLC)609294959
ISBN 9780786433629 softcover alkaline paper
0786433620 softcover alkaline paper
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