Julia Allison

Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st Century (eBook, ePUB)

History, Politics and Safe Practice in England

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000090000
• Artikelnr.: 59612212

Autorenporträt

Julia Allison is Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is currently Vice President of the Royal College of Midwives, and is a former General Secretary.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Glossary of Terms
Definitions and Conventions
Introduction
1.Late Medieval and Tudor Midwives 2.Tudor Midwives Their Lives and Practice 3.Midwives and Maternal Death in Tudor England 4.Midwives and Infant Death in Tudor England 5.Challenge and Change to Midwifery Practice 6.Midwives
Accoucheurs and the Bills of Mortality 7.Midwives
Institutions and Civil Registration 8.Certified and State Certified English Midwives 9.Early Years Following The 1902 Midwives Act 10.English Midwives In Peace and War 1936-1946 11.National Health Service and the Domiciliary Midwife 12.District Midwives and General Practitioners 13.Centralisation and Medicalisation of Midwifery Care 14.Hospitalisation of Birth
1973-1989 15.Statutory Control
Higher Education and Better Birth? Conclusion: English Midwives 15th - 21st Century. Appendices: Transcript of Midwife Margaret Burwood's Will
Early Parish Registers Read for this Book
Early Midwives licensed and unlicensed
Index