Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period

by Anne Marie Rafferty

Book Overview

Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale. Focusing on six countries from Europe, the approach is interdisciplinary with the studies written by a diverse team of social, medical and midwifery historians, sociologists, and those with experience in delivering childbirth services. Questioning for the first time many conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138868213
• ISBN13: 9781138868212
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"