Nurse-Midwifery: The Birth of a New American Profession

by Laura E. Ettinger

Book Overview

During the twentieth century modern births in America came to involve mostly male physicians, hospitals, technological interventions, and quick, routine procedures. In a unique and detailed historical study, Nurse-Midwifery: The Birth of a New American Profession, Laura E. Ettinger fills a void with the first book-length documentation of the emergence of American nurse-midwifery. This occupation developed in the 1920s involving nurses who took...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814251501
• ISBN13: 9780814251508
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"