01876    a2200301   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001500151072001600166072001300182072001400195072001400209072002100223072002300244100001900267245008500286250000600371260003200377300001000409520111100419700002901530999001501559113886821320250317100407.0250312042014GB                   eng    a9781138868212  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 55.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aMBX2thema7 aNHD2thema7 aNHTB2thema7 aMBX2bic7 aHBJD2bic7 aHBTB2bic7 aHIS0000002bisac7 a362.19802332bisac1 aHilary Marland10aMidwives, Society and ChildbirthbDebates and Controversies in the Modern Period  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20141202  a292 p  bMidwives, 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 historical assumptions, this book is fundamental to a better understanding of the effect on midwives of the unprecedented progress of science in general and obstetric science in particular from the late nineteenth century. The contributors challenge the traditional bleak picture of midwives' decline in the face of institutional obstetrics, medical technology, and the growing power of the medical profession, while stressing the importance of regional influences and locality.  Dr Anne Marie Rafferty, Philadelphia, Dr Hilary Marland, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Dr Irvine Louden, Oxfordshire, Joan Mottram, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medic1 aAnne Marie Rafferty4B01  c1941d1941