Catching Babies : : The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920 / / Charlotte G. Borst.
Childbirth is a quintessential family event that simultaneously holds great promise and runs the risk of danger. By the late nineteenth century, the birthing room had become a place where the goals of the new scientific professional could be demonstrated, but where traditional female knowledge was i...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 p.) :; 24 line illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: Midwives, Physicians, and Professionalism
- CHAPTER ONE. Training Midwives
- CHAPTER TWO. A Married Woman’s Occupation
- CHAPTER THREE. Neighbor Women in the Country
- CHAPTER FOUR. Midwife Entrepreneurs in the City
- CHAPTER FIVE. Educating Physicians
- CHAPTER SIX. Country Doctors Replace Midwives
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Specializing Obstetrics
- CONCLUSION. Gender, Ethnicity, and the Meanings of Professionalism
- Appendix: Quantitative Sources
- Notes
- Index