From Midwives To Medicine

Author : Deborah Kuhn McGregor
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813525721

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From Midwives to Medicine by Deborah Kuhn McGregor Pdf

In this social history of the development of modern gynecology in the mid-19th century, McGregor (history, women's studies, U. of Illinois-Springfield) reflects the attitudes and practices of the day through the controversial career of J. Marion Sims, the father of gynecology. Includes illustrations of early medical practitioners and establishments (in particular, New York's Woman's Hospital). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Amanda Carson Banks
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1604735945

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Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine by Amanda Carson Banks Pdf

Author : Wendy Perkins
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0859894711

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Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France by Wendy Perkins Pdf

An account of the work, writings and career of Louise Bourgeois, who had a flourishing midwifery practice at the French royal court at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Bourgeois was notable as a successful and articulate woman practitioner and author. Perkins, who is an expert on French literature, has integrated into her account recent work of social historians on medicine: on the medical market place, on patient-doctor relations, especially between women and medical practitioners, and on the social construction of the body.

Author : Edwin R. Van Teijlingen
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Maternal health services
ISBN : 1594540314

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Midwifery and the Medicalization of Childbirth by Edwin R. Van Teijlingen Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the sociological study of midwifery. The readings have been selected to highlight the interplay between midwifery and medicine, reflecting the medicalization of childbirth. It highlights the major themes in both a historical and a current context, as well as western and non-western societies. Two major themes underlie the organization of this book: that the conception of midwifery must be broadened to encompass a sociological perspective; and that the ongoing trend toward the medicalization of midwifery is crucial to an understanding of the historical, current, and future status of midwifery. By medicalization of childbirth and midwifery the author mean the increasing tendency for women to prefer a hospital delivery to a home delivery, the increasing trend toward the use of technology and clinical intervention in childbirth, and the determination of medical practitioners to confine the role played by midwives in pregnancy and childbirth, if any, to a purely subordinate one.

Author : Jean Donnison
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000853155

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Midwives and Medical Men by Jean Donnison Pdf

Originally published in 1977 and as a second edition in 1988, this book introduces the reader to the women at the top of the midwifery profession up until the 17th Century who attended the aristocracy and Royalty. The author shows how their successors were gradually driven out of the better paid work until in the middle of the 19th Century it appeared that attendance on childbearing women would inevitably become the male monopoly it has virtually become in North America. This downward trend was reversed, thanks to efforts to preserve for women the choice of female attendance in childbirth and also to the labour of philanthropists to improve maternity services to the poor. However, the drive for the institutionalization and mechanization of childbirth during the 20th Century as well as a chronic shortage of midwives, has once again shone a spotlight on the profession. This unique history of developments in midwifery will be of interest to students of medical politics, 19th Century social history, the sociology of the professions and gender studies.

Author : Wooster Beach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Child care
ISBN : UCSF:31378008335245

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An Improved System of Midwifery by Wooster Beach Pdf

Author : Jane B. Donegan
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1978-07-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015069462904

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Women & Men Midwives by Jane B. Donegan Pdf

Drawn from sixteenth to nineteenth century records to create an account of the midwife's status, duties, and skills, the author goes on to describe the development in eighteenth-century England and America of new techniques in obstetrics that led more and more to doctors to practice as regular accoucheurs. Before this except in cases when a surgeon might be summoned, childbearing was strictly a woman's concern. The author also explores the paradox of men taking the place of midwives among the upper and middle classes in an age that placed great importance on feminine modesty.

Author : Robbie Davis-Floyd
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478636496

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Ways of Knowing about Birth by Robbie Davis-Floyd Pdf

There is no other living scholar with Davis-Floyd’s solid roots, activism, and scholarly achievements on the combined subjects of childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and medicine. Ways of Knowing about Birth brings together an astounding array of her most popular and essential works, all updated for this volume, spanning over three decades of research and writing from the perspectives of cultural, medical, and symbolic anthropology. The 16 essays capture Robbie Davis-Floyd’s unique voice, which brims with wisdom, compassion, and deep understanding. Intentionally cast as stand-alone pieces, the chapters offer the ultimate in classroom flexibility and include discussion questions and recommended films.

Author : S. Elizabeth Robson,Jason Waugh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118411056

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Medical Disorders in Pregnancy by S. Elizabeth Robson,Jason Waugh Pdf

Praise for the 1st edition: "This book is a must have for any midwife, particularly those working in the community, clinics and in high-risk areas.... This book is an extremely useful reference tool." (MIDIRS Midwifery Digest) "The important facts are laid out concisely, primarily focusing on management, using evidence based guidelines for best midwifery practice." (RCGP Journal) Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives, 2nd edition clearly outlines existing and pre-existing conditions which women can experience during pregnancy. This comprehensive and practical handbook identifies issues for pre-conception care, defines the condition, explores possible complications, outlines recommended treatment and emphasizes specific midwifery care. This fully revised and updated edition of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives builds on the success of the first edition by covering more subjects. It includes physiology, more illustrations and algorithms and its accessible reference-style text enables information to be quickly and easily found. Special Features A practical guide on medical disorders written specifically for midwives Jointly written by medical and midwifery experts in the field Accessible reference style format makes information easy and quick to find Emphasis on inter-professional working

Author : Laura Elizabeth Ettinger
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814210239

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Nurse-midwifery by Laura Elizabeth Ettinger Pdf

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 advanced training in midwifery. In Nurse-Midwifery, Ettinger shows how nurse-midwives in New York City; eastern Kentucky; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and other places both rebelled against and served as agents of a nationwide professionalization of doctors and medicalization of childbirth. Nurse-Midwifery reveals the limitations that nurses, physicians, and nurse-midwives placed on the profession of nurse-midwifery from the outset because of the professional interests of nursing and medicine. The book argues that nurse-midwives challenged what scholars have called the "male medical model" of childbirth, but the cost of the compromises they made to survive was that nurse-midwifery did not become the kind of independent, autonomous profession it might have been.

Author : Phyllis L. Brodsky
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015074227870

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The Control of Childbirth by Phyllis L. Brodsky Pdf

"From pre-classical to present times, this work describes childbirth practices as they have developed through the ages. It critiques the evolution of modern midwifery and obstetrics, focusing especially on how, why and when the process of childbirth became an increasingly sterile, male-dominated, and medically oriented event."-- Provided by publisher.

Author : Jane Sharp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199774524

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The Midwives Book by Jane Sharp Pdf

When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.

Author : Amanda Carson Banks
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781628467529

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Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine by Amanda Carson Banks Pdf

There was a time when birth was treated as a natural process rather than a medical condition. Before 1800, women gave birth seated in birth chairs or on stools and were helped along by midwives. Then societal changes in attitudes toward women and the practice of medicine made birthing a province of the male-dominated medical profession. In Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine, Amanda Carson Banks examines the history of the birth chair and tells how this birthing device changed over time. Through photographs, artists' renditions of births, interviews, and texts from midwives and early obstetricians, she creates an evolutionary picture of birthing practices and highlights the radical redefinition of birth that has occurred in the last two centuries. During the 1800s the change from a natural philosophy of birth to a medical one was partly a result of heightened understandings of anatomy and physiology. The medical profession was growing, and with it grew the awareness of the economic rewards of making delivery a specialized practice. In the background of the medical profession's rise was the prevailing perception of women as fragile invalids. Gradually, midwives and birth chairs were relegated to rural and isolated settings. The popularity of birth chairs has seen a revival in the late twentieth century as the struggle between medical obstetrics and the alternative birth movement has grown. As Banks shows through her careful examination of the chairs themselves, these questions have been answered and reconsidered many times in human history. Using the artifacts from the home and medical office, Banks traces sweeping societal changes in the philosophy of how to bring life into the world.

Author : Jacqueline Vincent-Priya
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134067299

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Birth Without Doctors by Jacqueline Vincent-Priya Pdf

Most women giving birth in rural communities throughout the Third World cannot enjoy the ''benefits'' of modern medical assistance. They are usually too expensive and too far away. This book is the result of journeys and conversations between the author, traditional midwives and mothers which took place over several years in Malaysia and Indonesia. It describes traditional birthing practices and the communities in which they have arisen. For normal births the safety record is impressive, but so too is the reassurance of ritual and the incorporation of birthing into family and society. It is interesting to discover that many practices are based not only on religious understandings but also on sound herbal medical precautions. The book's point is not merely to demonstrate the skill of the traditional midwives, nor even to challenge what seems to be the medical view that pregnancy is an illness, but to give an insight into worlds where ''barefoot'' midwifery is the norm. Originally published in 1991

Author : Hilary Marland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781134818136

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The Art of Midwifery by Hilary Marland Pdf

Drawing on a vast range of archival material from six countries, the contributors show the diversity in midwives' practices, competence, socio-economic background and education, as well as their public function and image.