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- Publisher:
- Pickering & Chatto
- Online publication date:
- December 2014
- Online ISBN:
- 9781781440599
- Subjects:
- History, History of Medicine
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The contributors to this collection look into the experiences of women in the Western world going through pregnancy and birth over the last hundred years. Essays explore the impact of the professionalization of the medical services, the factors that influenced women's decisions over their choice of health care and whether childbirth was seen as a natural or a medical event.
"'Through rich case studies, the contributors explore the diverse and complex social, cultural and political factors that have shaped maternity care, vastly increasing our understanding of these processes across the twentieth century. This volume will be of immense value to scholars working in the history of medicine, social policy and gender studies.'"
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