Ngai Fen Cheung, Rosemary Mander

Midwifery in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to present the history, ideas, life and works of Chinese birth attendants, this volume seeks to encapsulate the changing ideas about midwifery in China. Using participant observations and interviews, it examines each phase of the development of midwifery in depth and provides a systematic study of contemporary health policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780367589400
• ISBN-10: 0367589400
• Artikelnr.: 66583903

Autorenporträt

Ngai Fen Cheung is an independent midwifery researcher. She is also the honorary permanent expert at the Shijiazhuang Obstetric and Gynaecology Hospital, China and adviser to the Chinese Midwifery Expert Committee, Chinese Maternal and Child Health Association. Rosemary Mander is Emeritus Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She has practised as a midwife in the UK, both independently and in the NHS.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I History and Development 2. Research Considerations
3. A Holistic approach Chinese Midwifery Before 1928 4. Chinese Midwifery
in the Twentieth Century: Highs and lows 5. Recent Midwifery Developments
Part II Current State and Issues 6. Midwifery and its Professionalisation
7. Modernising Childbirth in China (1928-2017 CE) 8. The Marginalisation of
Chinese Midwives Part III Prospects for Midwives and Midwifery 9. Chinese
Midwives' Life and Work Since 770 BCE 10. Modern Midwives' Stories
(1929-2017 CE) 11. Does China Need Midwifery? 12. Epilogue: What Do Women
Want?