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A history of the practice of midwifery from the early 20th century to the foundation of the NHS in 1948. The authors trace the successful campaign to build a new profession for middle-class women. Illustrated with original photographs, the book challenges perconceptions about home birth and provides a detailed insight into the attitudes of our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers in the areas of sex, contraception, abortion, work and motherhood.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldnt put this put book down, it was so well written and informative. The stories told relive the attitude and experiences of midwives and women and their families alike, in a harsher and sometimes simpler way of life that everybody can learn from. As the review title says you certainly don't have to be interested in midwifery to have full enjoyment of this book
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd recommend this book to almost anyone... The way it is structured and written ensures it's interesting for anyone interested in social history, women's issues, healthcare, midwifery. It includes lots of direct quotes from midwives who are sharing their experiences. A lot of information, well presented.
Format:Paperback
Whether you are a midwife and have an interest in midwifery, or not, this book is a really lively and interesting read. It gives a fantastic insight into how it was for women giving birth, and their birth attendents, whether professional midwives, or the local handy-woman; and how those handy-women were gradually phased out due to their lack of oportunity to have an education, which would have enabled them to continue and enhance the job they'd been doing for many years. I found it really interesting how women's attitude to pregnancy and childbirth have changed through the years, and the extensive knowledge the care givers had of the birth process, and how they were very much in tune with the natural process of birth itself, which I feel in many ways that intuition has been lost. Great read.
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Wonderful look at maternity care in recent history
This book takes a fairly academic, though very readable, look at maternity care in the 20th Century. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2008 by Yvonne Barlow
Essential student midwife light reading on midwifery history
This book is excellent for anybody intersted in the profession and an interesting read for every student midwife. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2006 by Mrs. A. HANSEL-HIDES
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