Safer Childbirth?: A critical history of maternity care

By Marjorie Tew

Book Overview

The revolution in maternity care: the diverse strands of a complicated tapestry.- Birth attendants and their places of practice.- The practices of attendants before birth.- The practices of attendants around the time of birth.- Maternity care; a public concern.- Evaluating the results of maternity care: statistical instruments.- Mortality of the mother.- Mortality of the child.- Epilogue: drawing fair conclusions from factual evidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0412337401
• ISBN13: 9780412337406
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"