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Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st century : history, politics and safe practice in England / Julia Allison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allison, Julia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwifery--England--History.
- Midwifery.
- History.
- England.
- Medical Subjects:
- Midwifery.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages) : illustrations, map
- Other Title:
- Midwifery from the Tudors to the twenty-first century
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Julia Allison is Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is currently Vice President of theRoyal College of Midwives, and is aformer General Secretary.
- Contents:
- 1 Late medieval and Tudor English midwives: roles and responsibilities p. 7
- 2 Tudor midwives: their lives and practice p. 17
- 3 Midwives and maternal death in Tudor England p. 35
- 4 Midwives and infant death in Tudor England p. 49
- 5 Challenge and change to midwifery practice p. 59
- 6 Midwives, accoucheurs and the bills of mortality p. 70
- 7 Midwives, institutions and civil registration p. 82
- 8 Certified and state-certified English midwives p. 92
- 9 Early years following the 1902 Midwives Act p. 102
- 10 English midwives in peace and war, 1936-1946 p. 110
- 11 National Health Service and the domiciliary midwife p. 120
- 12 District midwives and general practitioners p. 131
- 13 The centralisation and medicalisation of midwifery care p. 142
- 14 Hospitalisation of birth p. 153
- 15 Statutory control, higher education and better birth? p. 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 09, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Allison, Julia. Midwifery from the Tudors to the twenty-first century
- ISBN:
- 9780429324123
- 042932412X
- 9781000090000
- 1000090000
- 9781000089981
- 1000089983
- 9781000089998
- 1000089991
- Publisher Number:
- 99984942703
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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