BORST, Charlotte G.
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Catching babies: The professionalization of childbirth, 1870-1920.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.Concerns the transition in the early 20th century in the United States from women midwives delivering most babies to professional obstetricians--mostly men--delivering almost all babies by the 1950s. It researches why midwifery did not become professionalized in the same way as nursing or doctoring. Subjects: Education, Biomedical, & Biomedical Profession › History of Biomedical Education & Medical Profession, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › History of Obstetrics, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › Midwives, WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999 |